Michael Geary schrieb: >> From: Klaus Hartl >>> is it possible to use $.extend to clone an object? >>> >>> var template = { ... }; >>> >>> clone = $.extend({}, template); >> To answer my question, yes it works :-) > > Keep in mind that extend() does a shallow copy, not a deep copy. > > var one = { a:1, b:{ c:2 } }; > var two = $.extend( {}, one ); > two.a = 11; > two.b.c = 33; > > Now the objects look like this: > > one = { a:1, b:{ c:33 } } > two = { a:11, b:{ c:33 } } > > The "two.b.c = 33;" assignment changed both objects, because they share a > copy of the "b" object. > > -Mike
Thank you Mike! It works for what I needed but your hint saved me from trouble in the future... -- Klaus _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/