merge.md

title	description	date	categories	menu	keywords	signature	workson	hugoversion	relatedfuncs	aliases
merge	`merge` deep merges two maps and returns the resulting map.	2019-08-08	functions	docs parent functions	dictionary	$params := merge $default_params $user_params		0.56.0	dict append reflect.IsMap reflect.IsSlice

An example merging two maps.

{{ $default_params := dict "color" "blue" "width" "50%" "height" "25%" }}
{{ $user_params := dict "color" "red" "extra" (dict "duration" 2) }}
{{ $params := merge $default_params $user_params }}

Resulting $params:

"color": "red"
"extra":
  "duration": 2
"height": "25%"
"icon": "mail"
"width": "50%"

{{% note %}} Regardless of depth, merging only applies to maps. For slices, use [append]({{< ref "functions/append" >}}) {{% /note %}}