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title: "clone | JavaScript maps SDK"
description: "Documentation for MapTiler SDK"
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# Function clone

-   clone(a: [ReadonlyVec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.ReadonlyVec3/)): [vec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.vec3/)[](#clone)
    
    Creates a new vec3 initialized with values from an existing vector
    
    #### Parameters
    
    -   a: [ReadonlyVec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.ReadonlyVec3/)
        
        vector to clone
        
    
    #### Returns [vec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.vec3/)
    
    a new 3D vector