assign

Copies properties from a given thing. Existing properties will be overwritten and new properties will be added. If this function is used on an instance of a custom Type, all properties of the source must be valid according the type specification, otherwise an exception will be raised and no properties will be copied.

This function generates an event.

Function

thing.assign(source)

Arguments

Return value

Returns the thing to which the properties are assigned.

Example

This code shows an example using assign():

scores = {
    iris: 10,
    job: 20
};

scores.assign({
    job: 80,
    tijs: 90
});

Return value in JSON format

{
    "iris": 10,
    "job": 80,
    "tijs": 90
}