# Console runs script that transform doesn't

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/console-runs-script-that-transform-doesnt/59364>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80, scripting, perspective\
**Created:** [May 9, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/console-runs-script-that-transform-doesnt/59364 "2022-05-09T16:05:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/console-runs-script-that-transform-doesnt/59364/2 "2022-05-09T16:33:34Z")

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`deepcopy` doesn't "know" how Perspective's internal objects work; it's a bigger hammer than you need.

Try the code in this post to directly convert to 'native' list and dict objects:

> [@Function to convert json string or python dict into ObjectWrapper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/function-to-convert-json-string-or-python-dict-into-objectwrapper/32861/16):
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> Forcing each to the expected type while traversing makes a deep copy: def sanitize\_tree(element): if hasattr(element, '\_\_iter\_\_'): if hasattr(element, 'keys'): return dict((k, sanitize\_tree(element[k])) for k in element.keys()) else: return list(sanitize\_tree(x) for x in element) return element EDIT: Got rid of the unnecessary zip() and used only one keys() iterator instead of two.

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