Anydata type

import ballerina/io;

anydata x1 = [1, "string", true];
// `x1.clone()` returns a deep copy with the same mutability.
anydata x2 = x1.clone();

// Checks deep equality.
boolean eq = (x1 == x2);

public function main() {
    io:println(x2);
    io:println(eq);
}

Anydata type

The type for plain data is anydata. It is a subtype of any. == and != operators test for deep equality. x.clone() returns a deep copy with the same mutability. x.cloneReadOnly() returns a deep copy that is immutable. Ballerina syntax uses readonly to mean immutable. Both x.clone() and x.cloneReadOnly() do not copy immutable parts of x. const structures are allowed. Equality and cloning handle cycles.

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Any type

import ballerina/io;

anydata x1 = [1, "string", true];

anydata x2 = x1.clone();

x1.clone() returns a deep copy with the same mutability.

boolean eq = (x1 == x2);

Checks deep equality.

public function main() {
    io:println(x2);
    io:println(eq);
}

bal run anydata_type.bal
[1,"string",true]
true