update array state react code example

Example 1: how to update react state array

const [myArray, setMyArray] = useState([1,2,3])

// to update
setMyArray([...myArray, 4]); // --> myArray = [1,2,3,4]

Example 2: react native update state array of objects

let markers = [ ...this.state.markers ];
markers[index] = {...markers[index], key: value};
this.setState({ markers });

Example 3: how to add array data on state react

this.setState({ myArray: [...this.state.myArray, 'new value'] }) //simple value
this.setState({ myArray: [...this.state.myArray, ...[1,2,3] ] }) //another array

Example 4: how to update array in react state

this.setState(prevState => ({
  arrayvar: [...prevState.arrayvar, newelement]
}))

Example 5: react how to update state array

const initialState = [
    { name: "foo", counter: 0 },
    { name: "far", counter: 0 },
    { name: "faz", counter: 0 }
  ];

const [state, setState] = useState(initialState);

const clickButton = () => {
	// 1. Make a shallow copy of the array
	let temp_state = [...state];
	
	// 2. Make a shallow copy of the element you want to mutate
	let temp_element = { ...temp_state[0] };
	
	// 3. Update the property you're interested in
	temp_element.counter = temp_element.counter+1;
	
	// 4. Put it back into our array. N.B. we *are* mutating the array here, but that's why we made a copy first
	temp_state[0] = temp_element;
	
	// 5. Set the state to our new copy
	setState( temp_state );
}

Example 6: react native update state array of objects

let newMarkers = markers.map(el => (
      el.name==='name'? {...el, key: value}: el
))
this.setState({ markers });