arrays/objects being overwritten when I don't want to Topic is solved

[Mipha]

I have been running into this issue A LOT and its really pissing me of. Please help me, Why does this happen and how can I avoid this

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object := {A:1, B:2}
thing := object
thing["A"] := 2

array := [1, 2]
thing2 := array
thing2[1] := 2
msgbox % object["A"] . ", " . array[1] ;<both return 2 but I want them to return 1
return

[Flipeador]

Related: https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic ... 7&p=229505.
Current behavior is fine. You must clone the object.

[Mipha]

Related: https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic ... 7&p=229505.
Current behavior is fine. You must clone the object.

Ah ok. So it should look like this

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object := {A:1, B:2}
thing := object.clone()
thing["A"] := 2

array := [1, 2]
thing2 := array.clone()
thing2[1] := 2
msgbox % object["A"] . ", " . array[1]

which seems to work. Thank you

[Flipeador]

You're welcome. The page in the documentation should be more explicit.