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cloneDeep

Creates a deep copy of the given object.

Signature

typescript
function cloneDeep<T>(obj: T): T;

Parameters

  • obj (T): The object to be copied.

Returns

(T): A deep copy of the given object.

Examples

typescript
const num = 29;
const clonedNum = cloneDeep(num);
console.log(clonedNum); // 29
console.log(clonedNum === num); // true

const arr = [1, 2, 3];
const clonedArr = cloneDeep(arr);
console.log(clonedArr); // [1, 2, 3]
console.log(clonedArr === arr); // false

const obj = { a: 1, b: 'es-toolkit', c: [1, 2, 3] };
const clonedObj = cloneDeep(obj);
console.log(clonedObj); // { a: 1, b: 'es-toolkit', c: [1, 2, 3] }
console.log(clonedObj === obj); // false

// Nested objects and arrays
const nestedObj = { a: { b: { c: 'deep' } }, d: [1, 2, { e: 'nested' }] };
const clonedNestedObj = cloneDeep(nestedObj);
console.log(clonedNestedObj); // { a: { b: { c: 'deep' } }, d: [1, 2, { e: 'nested' }] }
console.log(clonedNestedObj === nestedObj); // false
console.log(clonedNestedObj.a === nestedObj.a); // false
console.log(clonedNestedObj.d === nestedObj.d); // false
console.log(clonedNestedObj.d[2] === nestedObj.d[2]); // false

Read-only properties

When you clone an object that has read-only properties defined by getters, the values produced by those getters will be included in the new copied object.

tsx
const source = {
  get value() {
    return 3;
  },
};

const cloned = cloneDeep(source);
// cloned is now { value: 3 }

Demo

import "./styles.css";

document.getElementById("app").innerHTML = `
<h1>Hello world</h1>
`;

Released under the MIT License.