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
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