What is setState and what does it do? code example

Example: set state

class App extends React.Component {

state = { count: 0 }

handleIncrement = () => {
  this.setState({ count: this.state.count + 1 })
}

handleDecrement = () => {
  this.setState({ count: this.state.count - 1 })
}
  render() {
    return (
      

        

          {this.state.count}
        
        Increment by 1
        Decrement by 1
      
    )
  }
}