var student = {name: "Rahul", age: "16", hobby: "football"};
//using ES6
var studentCopy1 = Object.assign({}, student);
//using spread syntax
var studentCopy2 = {...student};
//Fast cloning with data loss
var studentCopy3 = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(student));var x = {key: 'value'}
var y = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(x))
//this method actually creates a reference-free version of the object, unlike the other methods
//If you do not use Dates, functions, undefined, regExp or Infinity within your objectconst target = { a: 1, b: 2 };
const source = { b: 4, c: 5 };
const returnedTarget = Object.assign(target, source);
console.log(target);
// expected output: Object { a: 1, b: 4, c: 5 }
console.log(returnedTarget);
// expected output: Object { a: 1, b: 4, c: 5 }
var x = {myProp: "value"};
var xClone = Object.assign({}, x);
//Obs: nested objects are still copied as reference.//returns a copy of the object
function clone(obj) {
if (null == obj || "object" != typeof obj) return obj;
var copy = obj.constructor();
for (var attr in obj) {
if (obj.hasOwnProperty(attr)) copy[attr] = obj[attr];
}
return copy;
}