Clone(3)						User Contributed Perl Documentation						  Clone(3)

NAME

       Clone - recursively copy Perl datatypes

SYNOPSIS

	 package Foo;
	 use parent 'Clone';

	 package main;
	 my $original = Foo->new;
	 $copy = $original->clone;

	 # or

	 use Clone qw(clone);

	 $a = { 'foo' => 'bar', 'move' => 'zig' };
	 $b = [ 'alpha', 'beta', 'gamma', 'vlissides' ];
	 $c = Foo->new;

	 $d = clone($a);
	 $e = clone($b);
	 $f = clone($c);

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides a clone() method which makes recursive copies of nested hash, array, scalar and reference types, including tied
       variables and objects.

       clone() takes a scalar argument and duplicates it. To duplicate lists, arrays or hashes, pass them in by reference. e.g.

	   my $copy = clone (@array);

	   # or

	   my %copy = %{ clone (\%hash) };

SEE ALSO

       Storable's dclone() is a flexible solution for cloning variables, albeit slower for average-sized data structures. Simple and naive
       benchmarks show that Clone is faster for data structures with 3 or less levels, while dclone() can be faster for structures 4 or more
       levels deep.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2001-2012 Ray Finch. All Rights Reserved.

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR

       Ray Finch "<rdf@cpan.org>"

       Breno G. de Oliveira "<garu@cpan.org>" and Florian Ragwitz "<rafl@debian.org>" perform routine maintenance releases since 2012.

perl v5.16.3							    2012-12-09								  Clone(3)