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+title: How can I clone an array in JavaScript?
+shortTitle: Clone an array
+type: question
+tags: [javascript,array]
+author: chalarangelo
+cover: colorful-plastic
+excerpt: Pick up a few new tricks which you can use to clone arrays in JavaScript.
+dateModified: 2021-06-12T19:30:41+03:00
+---
+
+JavaScript provides quite a few ways to clone an array, most of which are pretty similar in terms of performance and results. Here's a quick rundown of some of the available options.
+
+#### The spread operator
+
+ES6 introduced the spread operator (`...`), which provides probably the easiest and most common way to create a shallow clone of an array.
+
+```js
+let x = [1, 2, 3, 4];
+let y = [...x];
+```
+
+#### Array.from()
+
+`Array.from()` has a very powerful API that can be used for many different things, including creating a copy of an array.
+
+```js
+let x = [1, 2, 3, 4];
+let y = Array.from(x);
+```
+
+#### Array.prototype.slice()
+
+Similarly to the spread operator, `Array.prototype.slice()` can be used to create a shallow copy of an array.
+
+```js
+let x = [1, 2, 3, 4];
+let y = x.slice();
+```
+
+#### Array.prototype.map()
+
+Looking into one of the more unorthodox options, `Array.prototype.map()` can be used to map each element of an array to itself to create a new array.
+
+```js
+let x = [1, 2, 3, 4];
+let y = x.map(i => i);
+```
+
+#### Array.prototype.filter()
+
+Similarly, `Array.prototype.filter()` can be used to return `true` for each and every element, resulting in a new array with all of the original array's elements.
+
+```js
+let x = [1, 2, 3, 4];
+let y = x.filter(() => true);
+```
+
+#### Object.assign()
+
+Finally, `Object.assign()` can be used in the exact same way as it's used to create a clone of an object, but for an array instead.
+
+```js
+let x = [1, 2, 3, 4];
+let y = Object.assign([], x);
+```