# "copy-from":

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/copy-from/11839
**Category:** The Toolbox
**Created:** [May 8, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/copy-from/11839 "2016-05-08T01:32:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/borkborkgoesthecode/32/2343_2.png) [@BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BorkBorkGoesTheCode)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/copy-from/11839/1 "2016-05-08T01:32:10Z")

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Could someone explain how this works?

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### Author: ![Coolthulhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolthulhu/32/2446_2.png) [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/copy-from/11839/2 "2016-05-08T16:03:49Z")

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It reads the values from that object first before reading the ones from the current one.