How to create a shallow clone of a value using Lodash

Overview

In Lodash, we can create a shallow clone of a value using the _.clone() method.

Syntax

Parameters

This method accepts the following parameters:

• value: This is the value to be cloned.

Return value

This method returns a shallow clone of the value. If the value is not able to be cloned, this method returns an empty object.

Example

Let’s look at an example of creating a shallow clone of a value using the _.clone() method in the code snippet below.

Explanation

In the HTML tab, we see the following:

• Line 5: We import the lodash script.

In the JavaScript tab, we see the following:

• Lines 2–5: We create a variable value and initialize it.

• Line 8: We create a shallow clone of value.

• Line 10: We print the shallow clone on the console.