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---
id: 596a8888ab7c01048de257d5
title: Deepcopy
challengeType: 5
forumTopicId: 302247
dashedName: deepcopy
---
# --description--
Write a function that returns a deep copy of a given object. The copy must not be the same object that was given.
This task will not test for:
<ul>
<li>Objects with properties that are functions</li>
<li>Date objects or object with properties that are Date objects</li>
<li>RegEx or object with properties that are RegEx objects</li>
<li>Prototype copying</li>
</ul>
# --hints--
`deepcopy` should be a function.
```js
assert(typeof deepcopy === 'function');
```
`deepcopy({test: "test"})` should return an object.
```js
assert(typeof deepcopy(obj1) === 'object');
```
`deepcopy` should not return the same object that was provided.
```js
assert(deepcopy(obj2) != obj2);
```
When passed an object containing an array, `deepcopy` should return a deep copy of the object.
```js
assert.deepEqual(deepcopy(obj2), obj2);
```
When passed an object containing another object, `deepcopy` should return a deep copy of the object.
```js
assert.deepEqual(deepcopy(obj3), obj3);
```
# --seed--
## --after-user-code--
```js
const obj1 = { test: 'test' };
const obj2 = {
t: 'test',
a: ['an', 'array']
};
const obj3 = {
t: 'try',
o: obj2
};
```
## --seed-contents--
```js
function deepcopy(obj) {
return true;
}
```
# --solutions--
```js
function deepcopy(obj) {
return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj));
}
```