JavaScript Object.create()

Definition and usage

Object.create() Methods used to create a new object from an existing object.

Related methods:

Object.assign() Copy the properties of the source object to the target object.

Object.create() Create a new object from an existing object.

Object.fromEntries() Create an object from a list of key/value pairs.

Instance

// Create an object
const person = {
  firstName: "Bill",
  lastName: "Gates"
};
// Create a new object
const man = Object.create(person);
man.firstName = "Peter";

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Syntax

Object.create(object, properties)

Parameter

Return value

Browser support

Object.create() Is a feature of ECMAScript5 (ES5).

Since July 2013, all modern browsers fully support ES5 (JavaScript 2009):