Understanding Shallow Copy and Deep Copy in JavaScript: Explained with Examples
Confused about shallow copy and deep copy in JavaScript? In this informative video, we delve into the concepts of shallow copy and deep copy and explore their implications in JavaScript programming.
Shallow Copy: When a reference variable is copied into a new reference variable using the assignment operator, a shallow copy of the referenced object is created. In simple words, a reference variable mainly stores the address of the object it refers to. When a new reference variable is assigned the value of the old reference variable, the address stored in the old reference variable is copied into the new one. This means both the old and new reference variable point to the same object in memory.
Deep Copy: Unlike the shallow copy, deep copy makes a copy of all the members of the old object, allocates a separate memory location for the new object, and then assigns the copied members to the new object. In this way, both the objects are independent of each other and in case of any modification to either one, the other is not affected. Also, if one of the objects is deleted the other still remains in the memory.
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