util.extend(receiver, contributor)

Method Description

Copies the properties in a source object to a destination object.

You can use this method to merge two objects.

Returns

The destination object.

Supported Script Types

Client and server scripts

For more information, see SuiteScript 2.x Script Types.

Governance

None

Module

N/util Module

Since

2016.1

Syntax

Important:

The following code snippets shows the syntax for this member. It is not a functional example. For a full script sample, see N/util Module Script Sample.

This snippet shows combining two objects without the same keys:

          //Add additional code 
...
    var colors = {};
    var firstSet = {'color1':'red',
        'color2':'yellow',
        'color3':'blue'};
    var secondSet = {'color4':'green',
         'color5':'orange',
         'color6':'violet'
    };
  
  // Extends colors object with the information in firstSet
  // Colors will get {'color1':'red','color2':'yellow','color3':'blue'}
  util.extend(colors, firstSet);
  
  // Extends colors object with the information in secondSet 
  // Colors will get {'color1':'red','color2':'yellow','color3':'blue','color4':'green','color5':'orange','color6':'violet'}
  util.extend(colors, secondSet);
});
...
//Add additional code

The following snippet shows overriding two objects with a few similar keys:

          //Add additional code 
...
    var colors = {};
    var firstSet = {'color1':'red',
        'color2':'yellow',
        'color3':'blue'
    };
    var secondSet = {'color2':'green',
        'color3':'orange',
        'color4':'violet'
    };
  
  // Extends colors object with the information in firstSet
  // Colors will get {'color1':'red','color2':'yellow','color3':'blue'}
  util.extend(colors, firstSet);
  
  // Extends colors object with the information in secondSet and overrides the value if there are similar keys
  // Colors will get {'color1':'red','color2':'green','color3':'orange','color4':'violet'}
  util.extend(colors, secondSet);

  var x = 0;
});
...
//Add additional code

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