Cloning a json object and changing values mutates the original object as well

Question

I was wondering why does this happen?

I have an json object stored in var myObj:

var myObj = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(\'json/data.json\', \'utf8\')         


        

Answer 1

You are not cloning you are just refering the same with new variable name.

Create a new object out of existing and use it

var modObj  = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(myObj));