How to manage React State with Arrays hooks code example
Example 1: how to set value in array react hook usestate
const[array,setArray]= useState([
{id: 1, value: "a string", othervalue: ""},
{id: 2, value: "another string", othervalue: ""},
{id: 3, value: "a string", othervalue: ""},
])
const updateItem =(id, whichvalue, newvalue)=> {
var index = array.findIndex(x=> x.id === id);
let g = array[index]
g[whichvalue] = newvalue
if (index === -1){
// handle error
console.log('no match')
}
else
setArray([
...array.slice(0,index),
g,
...array.slice(index+1)
]
);
}
//how to use the function
onPress={()=>updateItem(2,'value','ewfwf')}
onPress={()=>updateItem(1,'othervalue','ewfwf')}
Example 2: functional component how to add to existing array react
const {useState, useCallback} = React;
function Example() {
const [theArray, setTheArray] = useState([]);
const addEntryClick = () => {
setTheArray([...theArray, `Entry ${theArray.length}`]);
};
return [
<input type="button" onClick={addEntryClick} value="Add" />,
<div>{theArray.map(entry =>
<div>{entry}</div>
)}
</div>
];
}
ReactDOM.render(
<Example />,
document.getElementById("root")
);