usestate to make array code example
Example 1: prevstate in usestate
const [prevState, setState] = React.useState([]);
setState(prevState => [...prevState, 'somedata'] );
Example 2: 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')}
/*
the first input of the function is the id of the item
the second input of the function is the atrribute that you wish to change
the third input of the function is the new value for that attribute
It's a pleasure :0
~atlas
*/