var person={"name":"Billy","age":34};
var clothing={"shoes":"nike","shirt":"long sleeve"};
var personWithClothes= Object.assign(person, clothing);//merge the two object
const obj = { a: 1 };
const copy = Object.assign({}, obj);
console.log(copy); // { a: 1 }
const target = { a: 1, b: 2 };
const source = { b: 4, c: 5 };
const returnedTarget = Object.assign(target, source);
console.log(target);
// expected output: Object { a: 1, b: 4, c: 5 }
console.log(returnedTarget);
// expected output: Object { a: 1, b: 4, c: 5 }
var sheep={"height":20,"name":"Melvin"};
var clonedSheep=JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(sheep));
//note: cloning like this will not work with some complex objects such as: Date(), undefined, Infinity
// For complex objects try: lodash's cloneDeep() method or angularJS angular.copy() methodThe Object.assign() method copies all enumerable own properties from one or more source objects to a target object. It returns the target object.
const target = { a: 1, b: 2 };
const source = { b: 4, c: 5 };
const returnedTarget = Object.assign(target, source);
console.log(target);
// expected output: Object { a: 1, b: 4, c: 5 }
console.log(returnedTarget);
// expected output: Object { a: 1, b: 4, c: 5 }const newId= tours[tours.length-1].id+1;
const newTour= Object.assign({id:newId},req.body) //object.assign() is used to merge two objects.