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React: Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression

I am trying to fix this lint error at line const def = (props) => { in following sample code.

const propTypes = {
prop1: PropTypes.string,
prop2: PropTypes.string,
prop3: PropTypes.string,
prop4: PropTypes.string,
prop5: PropTypes.string,
}

const abc = (props) => {
some code here }

const def = (props) => {
<div>
<div className=" ..some classes..">{abc}</div>
<div className=" ..some classes..">{t('translation/something')}</div>

<div ...>
  <someComponent 
    do something
  />

if (some condition) {
do this
} else {
do that
}

</div>

};

Any idea why i am getting this lint error?

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
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You are not returning anything, at least from your snippet and comment.

const def = (props) => { <div></div> };

This is not returning anything, you are wrapping the body of the arrow function with curly braces but there is no return value.

const def = (props) => { return (<div></div>); }; OR const def = (props) => <div></div>;

These two solutions on the other hand are returning a valid React component. Keep also in mind that inside your jsx (as mentioned by @Adam) you can't have if ... else ... but only ternary operators.

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression.

I had this similar error with this code:

const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
    players: state
}

To correct all I needed to do was add parenthesis around the curved brackets

const mapStateToProps = (state) => ({
    players: state
});
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

0

You must return something

instead of this (this is not the right way)

const def = (props) => { <div></div> };

try

const def = (props) => ( <div></div> );

or use return statement

const def = (props) => { return  <div></div> };
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report
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