It does work for array's, only they come back as objects !!
having said that - your approach looks better :)
On Aug 5, 5:41 pm, "Erik Beeson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for sharing this. I'm pretty sure what you suggest won't properly
> deal with arrays. Objects aren't the same as arrays. Here's how I do
> something like that:
>
> function deepCopy(obj) {
> if(obj && obj.constructor == Object) {
> var newObj = new Object();
> for(var field in obj) {
> newObj[field] = deepCopy(obj[field]);
> }
> return newObj;
> } else if(obj && obj.constructor == Array) {
> var newArray = new Array();
> for(var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
> newArray[i] = deepCopy(obj[i]);
> }
> return newArray;
> }
>
> return obj;
> }
>
> Also, while it's fine to use $ however you want in your own code, for code
> that you're making public, I suggest you checkout the plugin authoring guide
> about not using $
> directly:http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Authoring#Custom_Alias
>
> --Erik
>
> On 8/5/07, weepy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > During assingment, if the object is not primative, Javascript will
> > return a pointer to the object rather than a copy.
>
> > E.g.
>
> > a = [1,2]
> > b = a
> > b[0]=3
> > a ==> [3,2]
>
> > This clone function makes it possible to copy an object.
>
> > $.clone = function (obj) {
> > if(typeof(obj) != 'object') return obj;
> > if(obj == null) return obj;
> > var newobj = new Object();
> > for(var i in obj)
> > newobj[i] = $.clone(obj[i]);
> > return newobj;
> > }
>
> > a = [1,2]
> > b = $.clone(a)
> > b[0]=3
> > a ==> [1,2]
>
> > I have found this function invaluable when comparing and complex
> > Javascript objects.
