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

This one, using circular reference, works for me

 //a test-object with circular reference :
 var n1 = {   id:0,   text:"aaaaa",   parent:undefined} 
 var n2 = {  id:1,   text:"zzzzz",   parent:undefined } 
 var o = { arr:[n1,n2],   parent:undefined } 
 n1.parent = n2.parent = o;
 var obj = {   a:1,   b:2,   o:o }
 o.parent = obj;

 function deepClone(o,output){ 

     if(!output) output = {};  
     if(o.______clone) return o.______clone;
     o.______clone = output.______clone = output;

   for(var z in o){

     var obj = o[z];
     if(typeof(obj) == "object") output[z] = deepClone(obj)
     else output[z] = obj; 
    }

   return output;
}

console.log(deepClone(obj));