clone dictionary object in vbscript

Question

Hi I have a dictionary object in vbscript how can i copy (duplicate) the object in to new dictionary......some thing like i want to clone an existing dictionary object.....

thanks in advance

Answer 1

Create a new Dictionary object, iterate through the keys in the original dictionary and adds these keys and the corresponding values to the new dictionary, like this:

Function CloneDictionary(Dict)
  Dim newDict
  Set newDict = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")

  For Each key in Dict.Keys
    newDict.Add key, Dict(key)
  Next
  newDict.CompareMode = Dict.CompareMode

  Set CloneDictionary = newDict
End Function

This should be enough in most cases. However, if your original dictionary holds objects, you'll have to implement deep cloning, that is, clone these objects as well.