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Created June 26, 2021 23:08
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create.js
const employee = {
name: 'Siddharth',
age: 30,
salary: {
annual: '100K',
hourly: '$50'
}
};
const copyOfEmployee = Object.create( employee);
console.log('employee => ', employee);
console.log('copyOfEmployee => ', copyOfEmployee);
/*
employee => {
name: 'Siddharth',
age: 30,
salary: { annual: '100K', hourly: '$50' }
}
copyOfEmployee => {}
*/
console.log('------------After Modification-----------');
copyOfEmployee.name = 'Elon Musk';
copyOfEmployee.salary.annual = '120K';
/*
Here you would expect employee object wouldn't change, but copyOfEmployee
and employee object both share same memory address
*/
console.log('employee => ', employee);
console.log('copyOfEmployee => ', copyOfEmployee);
/*
------------After Modification-----------
employee => {
name: 'Siddharth',
age: 30,
salary: { annual: '120K', hourly: '$50' }
}
copyOfEmployee => { name: 'Elon Musk' }
*/
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