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# clone — Clone variable

CLONE creates a shallow copy of the value of a variable independent of it's data type.

If the result variable 'var_result' is omitted, the resulting value will be stored in 'var' instead.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| var | var |  | Variable name |
| var_result | var | (same as 'var') | Result variable name |

### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- (not restricted in the reference)

### Result
- binding: var_result; type: array; predicate: no-result-propagation

### Examples

```xml
<array var="original">
	<item>Bill Gates</item>
	<item>Steve Jobs</item>
</array>

<clone var="original" var_result="new"/>
<set var="new[1]">Larry Ellison</set>

<output>$original[1] and $new[1] are friends!</output>

<!-- Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison are friends! -->
```