Simple Update of Input in React to State

To update the input value to the state in React, set an onChange event handler on the input and then use the target value property of the event to pass the object to the handler to get the input value. Then the message is updated when the user changes the input values. 

In React, if we want to update list values, when an item of the list is clicked can be done by the user by triggering the event onClick() method on the item which is currently clicked. We also have to maintain the state in react for reflecting the change so that we can, after the change, when the page renders again, the changes get reflected. We can also update single or multiple list elements by providing the slice on the left-hand side of the assignment operator. Then we can add elements in a list with the append() method. 

• setState() - it is an asynchronous call that means if the asynchronous call gets called, it may not get updated at the right time using setState it may not give the currently updated value on the developer console and get some behavior of synchronous needs to pass a function instead of an object to setState. 
• onClick() - it enables us to call a function and trigger an action if a user clicks an element, like a button, in our application. Then the event names should also be written in camelCase, so the onClick event is written as onClick in a React application. 

Here is an example of how you can implement a simple update of input values to state in React: 

Fig : Preview of the output that you will get on running this code from your IDE.

Code

In this solution we're using React library.

Instructions

Follow the steps carefully to get the output easily.

1. Install the Node.js and React on your IDE(preferable Visual Studio Code).
2. Create React Application using npx create-react-app foldername.
3. cd foldername.
4. Open the folder in IDE.
5. Copy the code using "copy" button above and paste it in index.js file(remove the earlier code from index.js) then paste the script tag in index.html file.
6. Import React and ReactDOM in index.js file.
7. Open the terminal from IDE.
8. npm start to run the file.

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Environment Tested

I tested this solution in the following versions. Be mindful of changes when working with other versions.

1. The solution is created in Visual Studio Code 1.73.1.
2. The solution is tested on node v18.12.1 and npm v8.19.2.
3. React version-18.2.0.

Using this solution, we are able to implement simple update to input in react to state using react with simple steps. This process also facilities an easy way to use, hassle-free method to create a hands-on working version of code which would help us to implement simple update to input in react to state using react.

Dependent Library

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