How to Deep clone in javascript

Question

How do you deep clone a JavaScript object?

I know there are various functions based on frameworks like JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(o)) and $.extend(t

Answer 1

The below function is most efficient way to deep clone javascript objects.

function deepCopy(obj){
    if (!obj || typeof obj !== "object") return obj;

    var retObj = {};

    for (var attr in obj){
        var type = obj[attr];

        switch(true){
            case (type instanceof Date):
                var _d = new Date();
                _d.setDate(type.getDate())
                retObj[attr]= _d;
                break;

            case (type instanceof Function):
                retObj[attr]= obj[attr];
                break;

            case (type instanceof Array):
                var _a =[];
                for (var e of type){
                    //_a.push(e);
                    _a.push(deepCopy(e));
                }
                retObj[attr]= _a;
                break;

            case (type instanceof Object):
                var _o ={};
                for (var e in type){
                    //_o[e] = type[e];
                    _o[e] = deepCopy(type[e]);
                }
                retObj[attr]= _o;
                break;

            default:
                retObj[attr]= obj[attr];
        }
    }
    return retObj;
}

var obj = {
    string: 'test',
    array: ['1'],
    date: new Date(),
    object:{c: 2, d:{e: 3}},
    function: function(){
        return this.date;
    }
};

var copyObj = deepCopy(obj);

console.log('object comparison', copyObj === obj); //false
console.log('string check', copyObj.string === obj.string); //true
console.log('array check', copyObj.array === obj.array); //false
console.log('date check', copyObj2.date === obj.date); //false
console.log('object check', copyObj.object === obj.object); //false
console.log('function check', copyObj.function() === obj.function()); //true