deep clone javascript object
const deepCopyFunction = (inObject) => {
let outObject, value, key
if (typeof inObject !== "object" || inObject === null) {
return inObject // Return the value if inObject is not an object
}
// Create an array or object to hold the values
outObject = Array.isArray(inObject) ? [] : {}
for (key in inObject) {
value = inObject[key]
// Recursively (deep) copy for nested objects, including arrays
outObject[key] = deepCopyFunction(value)
}
return outObject
}