# Copying and Pasting an array Element value in Editor changes the source too

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/copying-and-pasting-an-array-element-value-in-editor-changes-the-source-too/2584443>\
**Category:** Issues and Bug Reporting\
**Tags:** fortnite-creative, unreal-editor-for-fortnite, bug-report, fortnite\
**Created:** [June 29, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/copying-and-pasting-an-array-element-value-in-editor-changes-the-source-too/2584443 "2025-06-29T18:25:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/copying-and-pasting-an-array-element-value-in-editor-changes-the-source-too/2584443/1 "2025-06-29T18:25:03Z")

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### Summary

(When in the Editor)  
When copying and pasting an array element’s variable value to another element’s same variable value it causes them to remain forever linked.

So after pasting, if you change the value in one array element, it changes it in the other element’s value as well.

This did not seem to be an issue pre 36.00 or 36.100

### Please select what you are reporting on:

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

### What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Devices

### Steps to Reproduce

1. Make a verse creative\_device (Device A)
2. Make a class (Class B) that holds an editable array of type int (Array X)
3. Inside the verse creative\_device 's code (Class A), make an editable variable of Class B
4. Compile
5. Now put the ‘Device A’ in your world
6. Inside ‘Device A’, navigate to your editable variable of ‘Class B’
7. Add two array elements to ‘Array X’
8. Make the value of the element any number
9. Copy that array’s element
10. Paste the int into the second Element in the array so the int is the same.
11. Change ONLY one of the values
12. Observe that untouched element also gets changed!

### Expected Result

Both array element’s values are not supposed to change if only one is edited.

### Observed Result

After the array’s element value into a different element of the array, any changes made to one of the elements is reflected back to the source of where it was pasted from.

### Platform(s)

Windows PC

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**Author:** ![GraemeBB](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/graemebb/32/1106150_2.png) [@GraemeBB](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/GraemeBB)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/copying-and-pasting-an-array-element-value-in-editor-changes-the-source-too/2584443/2 "2025-06-29T23:59:16Z")

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they’re aware of this bug, it’s been around for a bit.

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**Author:** ![system](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/1/3/713c9d3f58553f0de89543d76a8a3a2779dc9fa4.png) [@system](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/copying-and-pasting-an-array-element-value-in-editor-changes-the-source-too/2584443/3 "2025-12-26T18:25:54Z")

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