VBA Deep Clone Dictionary
' Compare mode for cloning dictionary object
' See CloneDictionary function
Public Enum eCompareMethod2
ecmBinaryCompare = 0
ecmTextCompare = 1
ecmDatabaseCompare = 2
' Added this to use original compare method
ecmSourceMethod = 3
End Enum
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' Procedure : CloneDictionary
' Author : Adam Waller
' Date : 3/30/2021
' Purpose : Recursive function to deep-clone a dictionary object, including nested
' : dictionaries.
' : NOTE: All other object types are cloned as a reference to the same object
' : referenced by the original dictionary, not a new object.
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'
Public Function CloneDictionary(dSource As Dictionary, _
Optional Compare As eCompareMethod2 = ecmSourceMethod) As Dictionary
Dim dNew As Dictionary
Dim dChild As Dictionary
Dim varKey As Variant
' No object returned if source is nothing
If dSource Is Nothing Then Exit Function
' Create new dictionary object and set compare mode
Set dNew = New Dictionary
If Compare = ecmSourceMethod Then
' Use the same compare mode as the original dictionary.
dNew.CompareMode = dSource.CompareMode
Else
dNew.CompareMode = Compare
End If
' Loop through keys
For Each varKey In dSource.Keys
If TypeOf varKey Is Dictionary Then
' Call this function recursively to add nested dictionary
Set dChild = varKey
dNew.Add varKey, CloneDictionary(dChild, Compare)
Else
' Add key to dictionary
dNew.Add varKey, dSource(varKey)
End If
Next varKey
' Return new dictionary
Set CloneDictionary = dNew
End Function
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