useState Hook Concept

useState

Explanation: useState is a fundamental hook in React that allows functional components to manage state. State refers to data that changes over time and causes a component to rerender when updated. Prior to hooks, state management was exclusive to class components using this.state.

When you call useState(initialState), it returns an array with two elements:

The current state (count in our example).
A function (setCount) that allows you to update the state.

Example:

import React, { useState } from 'react';

function Counter() {
  // Declare a state variable named 'count' initialized to 0
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);

  return (
    <div>
      <p>You clicked {count} times</p>
      {/* On button click, update 'count' using 'setCount' */}
      <button onClick={() => setCount(count + 1)}>
        Click me
      </button>
    </div>
  );
}

http://localhost:3000

You clicked 0 times

In this example, count is the state variable initialized to 0, and setCount is the function used to update count. When the button is clicked, setCount is called with the new value of count + 1, causing the component to rerender with the updated count displayed.

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