I don’t understand why this is happening? I can think of a few workarounds but I want to make sure I understand the fundamentals here.
When I create the two variables, surely that provides me with a copy that I can manipulate. Any help would be much appreciated.
The console output has both the arrays - str1 and str2 exactly the same:
[ ‘k’, ‘e’, ‘y’, ‘e’ ]
[ ‘k’, ‘e’, ‘y’, ‘e’ ]
Reverse changes the array in place. You then do a shallow copy of str1, so the contents of the two are the same. You should search Google or the forums for deep copying.
The assignment of str2 to str1 does not create a new array. Arrays/Objects are assigned by reference, not copy. So when you assign str2 to str1 you are merely creating a “pointer” or reference to str1. Anything you do to str2 will actually be done to str1 and anything done to str1 will show up in str2.
Thank you very much. Very helpful
Thank you - that is helpful!
