Modifying a JavaScript object

Question

Using just JavaScript and not a library such as jQuery, is there a more elegant way (such as jquery.extend()) to modify an object before passing it to a function?

var o={
    a:1,
    b:2,
    c:3,
    d:function(){alert('f');}
};
o.e='abc';
o.f='cba';
o.g=function(){alert ('f1');};
foo(o);
o.e='xyz';
o.f='zyx';
o.g=function(){alert ('f2');};
foo(o);

Pointy · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-08 15:24:51Z

1

Modern browsers other than any version of Internet Explorer (according to MDN anyway) support Object.assign(), which is more or less the same as jQuery.extend() other than its one-argument semantics.

foo(Object.assign(o, { e: "abc", f: "cba" }));

Should be available in Node too (again, ES2015 versions).

edited May 8, 2016 at 15:24

answered May 8, 2016 at 15:20

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user1032531 Over a year ago

Thanks Pointy. That was exactly what I was looking and hoping for, however, not being supported by any version of IE poses some problems.

Pointy Over a year ago

There's what appears to be a decent polyfill on the MDN page.

user1032531 Over a year ago

Works on IE Edge. jsfiddle.net/813f1j24. Interestingly, console.log in Firebug shows the same values. Actually, Firefox works, but firebug displays the wrong values. jsfiddle.net/813f1j24/1

Pointy Over a year ago

@torazaburo if you call jQuery.extend({foo: "hi"}) you're extending the jQuery prototype. So it's like $.extend($.fn, {foo: "hi"});

Pointy Over a year ago

at least I think that's true; it might be $ - I'll check. edit grr, jQuery docs are vague, and refer to "the jQuery namespace".

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