array.slice() not creating an independent copy.

[-Lost]

Alright, am I missing something?

I create a 2D array like so:

var blah = [];
blah[0] = ['one', 'two', 'three'];
blah[1] = ['four', 'five', 'six'];

Then I *attempt* to create an independent copy based on all of the pages I have read that
said it was as so:

var copy_of_blah = blah.slice(); // does not create independent copy
var copy_of_blah = blah.slice(0); // nor does this

I tested it by immediately changing either:

blah[0][0] = ''; // "one" is now ''

*or*

copy_of_blah[0][0] = ''; // "one", is again, ''

And of course both reflect changes upon the other.

Is it possible to create an independent copy of an array without having to write a
function that dumps the contents into a new array?

-Lost

[RobG]

On Mar 11, 4:59 pm, "-Lost" <[e-mail]:
[...]

Is it possible to create an independent copy of an array without having to write a
function that dumps the contents into a new array?

Only if the elements of the array are primitives, where you can use
concat. If you have an array of arrays and use slice, your 'copy'
consists of an array of references to the arrays in the original
array.
--
Rob

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"RobG" <rg***@iinet.net.auwrote in message
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On Mar 11, 4:59 pm, "-Lost" <[e-mail]:
[...]

>Is it possible to create an independent copy of an array without having to write a
function that dumps the contents into a new array?

Only if the elements of the array are primitives, where you can use
concat. If you have an array of arrays and use slice, your 'copy'
consists of an array of references to the arrays in the original
array.

Primitives, as in no Objects.

Thanks, RobG.

-Lost