1  # assign-symbols [![NPM version](https://badge.fury.io/js/assign-symbols.svg)](http://badge.fury.io/js/assign-symbols)
 2  
 3  > Assign the enumerable es6 Symbol properties from an object (or objects) to the first object passed on the arguments. Can be used as a supplement to other extend, assign or merge methods as a polyfill for the Symbols part of the es6 Object.assign method.
 4  
 5  From the [Mozilla Developer docs for Symbol](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Symbol):
 6  
 7  > A symbol is a unique and immutable data type and may be used as an identifier for object properties. The symbol object is an implicit object wrapper for the symbol primitive data type.
 8  
 9  ## Install
10  
11  Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/)
12  
13  ```sh
14  $ npm i assign-symbols --save
15  ```
16  
17  ## Usage
18  
19  ```js
20  var assignSymbols = require('assign-symbols');
21  var obj = {};
22  
23  var one = {};
24  var symbolOne = Symbol('aaa');
25  one[symbolOne] = 'bbb';
26  
27  var two = {};
28  var symbolTwo = Symbol('ccc');
29  two[symbolTwo] = 'ddd';
30  
31  assignSymbols(obj, one, two);
32  
33  console.log(obj[symbolOne]);
34  //=> 'bbb'
35  console.log(obj[symbolTwo]);
36  //=> 'ddd'
37  ```
38  
39  ## Similar projects
40  
41  * [assign-deep](https://www.npmjs.com/package/assign-deep): Deeply assign the enumerable properties of source objects to a destination object. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/assign-deep)
42  * [clone-deep](https://www.npmjs.com/package/clone-deep): Recursively (deep) clone JavaScript native types, like Object, Array, RegExp, Date as well as primitives. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/clone-deep)
43  * [extend-shallow](https://www.npmjs.com/package/extend-shallow): Extend an object with the properties of additional objects. node.js/javascript util. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/extend-shallow)
44  * [merge-deep](https://www.npmjs.com/package/merge-deep): Recursively merge values in a javascript object. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/merge-deep)
45  * [mixin-deep](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mixin-deep): Deeply mix the properties of objects into the first object. Like merge-deep, but doesn't clone. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/mixin-deep)
46  
47  ## Running tests
48  
49  Install dev dependencies:
50  
51  ```sh
52  $ npm i -d && npm test
53  ```
54  
55  ## Contributing
56  
57  Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/assign-symbols/issues/new).
58  
59  ## Author
60  
61  **Jon Schlinkert**
62  
63  + [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
64  + [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)
65  
66  ## License
67  
68  Copyright © 2015 Jon Schlinkert
69  Released under the MIT license.
70  
71  ***
72  
73  _This file was generated by [verb-cli](https://github.com/assemble/verb-cli) on November 06, 2015._