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# shallow-clone [](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=W8YFZ425KND68) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/shallow-clone) [](https://npmjs.org/package/shallow-clone) [](https://npmjs.org/package/shallow-clone) [](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/shallow-clone)
> Creates a shallow clone of any JavaScript value.
Please consider following this project's author, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert), and consider starring the project to show your :heart: and support.
## Install
Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
```sh$ npm install --save shallow-clone```
## Usage
```jsconst clone = require('shallow-clone');```
**Supports**
* array buffers* arrays* buffers* dates* errors* float32 arrays* float64 arrays* int16 arrays* int32 arrays* int8 arrays* maps* objects* primitives* regular expressions* sets* symbols* uint16 arrays* uint32 arrays* uint8 arrays* uint8clamped arrays
## Arrays
By default, only the array itself is cloned (shallow), use [clone-deep](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/clone-deep) if you also need the elements in the array to be cloned.
```jsconst arr = [{ a: 0 }, { b: 1 }];const foo = clone(arr);// foo => [{ 'a': 0 }, { 'b': 1 }]
// array is clonedassert(actual === expected); // false
// array elements are notassert.deepEqual(actual[0], expected[0]); // true```
## Objects
Only the object is shallow cloned, use [clone-deep](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/clone-deep) if you also need the values in the object to be cloned.
```jsconsole.log(clone({ a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 }));//=> {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 }```
## RegExp
Clones regular expressions and flags, and preserves the `.lastIndex`.
```jsconst regex = clone(/foo/g); //=> /foo/g// you can manually reset lastIndex if necessaryregex.lastIndex = 0;```
## Primitives
Simply returns primitives unchanged.
```jsclone(0); //=> 0clone('foo'); //=> 'foo'```
## About
<details><summary><strong>Contributing</strong></summary>
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
</details>
<details><summary><strong>Running Tests</strong></summary>
Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
```sh$ npm install && npm test```
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### Related projects
You might also be interested in these projects:
* [assign-deep](https://www.npmjs.com/package/assign-deep): Deeply assign the values of all enumerable-own-properties and symbols from one or more source objects… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/assign-deep) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/assign-deep "Deeply assign the values of all enumerable-own-properties and symbols from one or more source objects to a target object. Returns the target object.")* [clone-deep](https://www.npmjs.com/package/clone-deep): Recursively (deep) clone JavaScript native types, like Object, Array, RegExp, Date as well as primitives. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/clone-deep "Recursively (deep) clone JavaScript native types, like Object, Array, RegExp, Date as well as primitives.")* [is-plain-object](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-plain-object): Returns true if an object was created by the `Object` constructor. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-plain-object "Returns true if an object was created by the `Object` constructor.")* [kind-of](https://www.npmjs.com/package/kind-of): Get the native type of a value. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/kind-of "Get the native type of a value.")
### Contributors
| **Commits** | **Contributor** | | --- | --- | | 20 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) | | 2 | [doowb](https://github.com/doowb) | | 1 | [jakub-g](https://github.com/jakub-g) |
### Author
**Jon Schlinkert**
* [GitHub Profile](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)* [Twitter Profile](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)* [LinkedIn Profile](https://linkedin.com/in/jonschlinkert)
### License
Copyright © 2019, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
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_This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.8.0, on April 15, 2019._
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