I want to change a state of an array which will have values derived from data.js file as a starting point. Changing a state means running function setAllThingsArray and adding new element which will be set using a function setThingsArray based on previous state (thingsArray). Do I need to map allThingsArray to get updated array with added elements and to list them ?
import React from "react";
import data from "../data";
import Stamp from "../components/Stamp";
export default function AddItem(props) {
const [thingsArray, setThingsArray] = React.useState({
key: 9,
img: "../images/stamp1.jpg",
name: "Stamp 5",
description: "AAAA",
rating: 78.0,
});
function addItem() {
setAllThingsArray((prevAllThingsArray) => ({
arr: [
...prevAllThingsArray.arr,
setThingsArray((prevThingsArray) => ({
...prevThingsArray,
key: prevThingsArray.key + 1,
img: "../images/stamp1.jpg",
name: "Stamp 5",
description: "AAAA",
rating: 78.0,
})),
],
}));
}
const [allThingsArray, setAllThingsArray] = React.useState(data);
const allThingsElements = allThingsArray.map((st) => {
return <Stamp key={st.key} st={st} />;
});
return (
<>
<div className="form">
<input type="text" placeholder="Image" className="form--input" />
<input type="text" placeholder="Stamp title" className="form--input" />
<input type="text" placeholder="Description" className="form--input" />
<input type="text" placeholder="Rating" className="form--input" />
{/* <button className="form--button" onClick={addStampToJson(json_stamp)}>
Add Stamp
</button> */}
<button className="form--button" onClick={addItem}>
Add Stamp
</button>
</div>
<section className="stamps-list">{allThingsElements}</section>
</>
);
}
Is it correct to place setThingsArray function inside setAllThingsArray function?
state setters (setAllThingsArray and setThingsArray) are asynchronous, so you cannot use a state update within another state update. setThingsArray itself is also a function (not a state value), so you cannot set it directly into setAllThingsArray either.
I'd propose that you should add another variable to keep an updated object (not an updated state), and then update states separately with the updated object.
function addItem() {
//add an updated object
const updatedThingsArray = {
...thingsArray, //this is an actual previous state
key: prevThingsArray.key + 1,
img: "../images/stamp1.jpg",
name: "Stamp 5",
description: "AAAA",
rating: 78.0,
}
setAllThingsArray((prevAllThingsArray) => ([
...prevAllThingsArray,
updatedThingsArray, //it's become a new object with your updated data
]));
setThingsArray(updatedThingsArray) //update it back to the `thingsArray` as the new state
}