how to clone object js code example

Example 1: best way to clone an object in javascript

const person = {
    firstName: 'John',
    lastName: 'Doe'
};


// using spread ...
let p1 = {
    ...person
};

// using  Object.assign() method
let p2 = Object.assign({}, person);

// using JSON
let p3 = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(person));

Example 2: clone an object javascript

//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;
}