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19 changes: 13 additions & 6 deletions content/en-us/luau/tables.md
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Expand Up @@ -291,14 +291,21 @@ local clone = table.clone(original)
To copy a more complex table with nested tables inside it, you'll need to use a recursive function similar to the following:

```lua
local function deepCopy(original)
-- The function used for deep copying a table.
local function deepCopy(original)
-- Define the new table for the copy
local copy = {}
for k, v in pairs(original) do
if type(v) == "table" then
v = deepCopy(v)
end
copy[k] = v

-- Loop through the original table to clone
for key, value in original do
-- If the type of the value is a table,
-- then deep copy it to the key (index).
-- Else (or) the type isn't a table,
-- assign the default value to the index instead.
copy[key] = type(value) == "table" and deepCopy(value) or value
end

-- Return the finalized copy of the deep cloned table
return copy
end
```
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