Updating an array in React using Hooks

Question

I'm trying to figure out the working of React Hook API. I'm trying to add a number to a list. The code that I commented, i.e myArray.push... doesn't seem to perform the operation, though the code below it is working fine. Why is it so?

import React, {useState} from 'react'

export default () => {

  const [myArray, setArray] = useState([1,2,3])

  return (
    <div>
      {myArray.map((item=>{

        return <li>{item}</li>

      }))}
      <button onClick = {()=>{

        // myArray.push(myArray[myArray.length-1]+1)
        // setArray(myArray)

        setArray([...myArray, myArray[myArray.length-1]+1])

      }}>Add</button>
    </div>
  )
}

Answer 1

I would recommend using useReducer for anything more complicated than a single value.

function App() {
  const [input, setInput] = useState(0);

  const [myArray, dispatch] = useReducer((myArray, { type, value }) => {
    switch (type) {
      case "add":
        return [...myArray, value];
      case "remove":
        return myArray.filter((_, index) => index !== value);
      default:
        return myArray;
    }
  }, [1, 2, 3]);

  return (
    <div>
      <input value={input} onInput={e => setInput(e.target.value)} />
      <button onClick={() => dispatch({ type: "add", value: input})}>
        Add
      </button>

      {myArray.map((item, index) => (
        <div>
          <h2>
            {item}
            <button onClick={() => dispatch({ type: "remove", value: index })}>
              Remove
            </button>
          </h2>
        </div>
      ))}
    </div>
  );
}