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---
title: deepClone
tags: object,recursion,advanced
---
Creates a deep clone of an object.
Clones primitives, arrays and objects, excluding class instances.
- Use recursion.
- Check if the passed object is `null` and, if so, return `null`.
- Use `Object.assign()` and an empty object (`{}`) to create a shallow clone of the original.
- Use `Object.keys()` and `Array.prototype.forEach()` to determine which key-value pairs need to be deep cloned.
- If the object is an `Array`, set the `clone`'s `length` to that of the original and use `Array.from(clone)` to create a clone.
```js
const deepClone = obj => {
if (obj === null) return null;
let clone = Object.assign({}, obj);
Object.keys(clone).forEach(
key =>
(clone[key] =
typeof obj[key] === 'object' ? deepClone(obj[key]) : obj[key])
);
if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
clone.length = obj.length;
return Array.from(clone);
}
return clone;
};
```
```js
const a = { foo: 'bar', obj: { a: 1, b: 2 } };
const b = deepClone(a); // a !== b, a.obj !== b.obj
```