setstate modify object code example

Example 1: Updating an object with setState in React

this.setState(prevState => {
  let jasper = Object.assign({}, prevState.jasper);  // creating copy of state variable jasper
  jasper.name = 'someothername';                     // update the name property, assign a new value                 
  return { jasper };                                 // return new object jasper object
})

//2ND METHOD

this.setState(prevState => ({
    jasper: {                   // object that we want to update
        ...prevState.jasper,    // keep all other key-value pairs
        name: 'something'       // update the value of specific key
    }
}))

Example 2: setstate find opject in state and update

this.setState(prevState => ({
  food: {
    ...prevState.food,           // copy all other key-value pairs of food object
    pizza: {                     // specific object of food object
      ...prevState.food.pizza,   // copy all pizza key-value pairs
      extraCheese: true          // update value of specific key
    }
  }
}))

Example 3: add object to array setstate

To push to the beginning of the array do it this way

   this.setState( prevState => ({
     userFavorites: [{id: 3, title: 'C'}, ...prevState.userFavourites]
  }));