Show answers from list when click on questions using ReactJs

by Abdul Rawoof A R Updated: Jan 24, 2023

In this kit, we are going to see how to show answers from list when click on questions using ReactJs with simple steps. We an array of questions and their answers. we need to show questions on the right and when user clicks on it, have to show answers along with the question on the left pane. Here we go with an simple steps by using the ready-made code snippet below by just copying the code and paste it in your IDE with added required library. Explore more on kandi with top trending libraries and code snippets and start working on your projects.

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

Code

In this solution we are using React library.

ReactJS How to Show Answers from list when click on questions

Lines of Code : 55License : CC BY-SA 4.0

const list = [
  {
    title: " Question 1 - Title1 goes here",
    body: "Answer1 goes here"
  },
  {
    title: " Question 2 - Title2 goes here",
    body: " Question 3 - Answer2 goes here"
  },
  {
    title: "Title3 goes here",
    body: "Answer3 goes here"
  }
];

class Contact extends React.Component {
  state={
    selectedQuestion:'',
    correctAnswer:''
  }
  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <div className="leftcol">
          <h2>FAQs</h2>
          <div className="faq-content">
            <div style={{background:'orange'}}>
              <div style={{fontSize:30,fontWeight:'bold'}}>{this.state.selectedQuestion}</div>
              <div style={{fontSize:20}}>{this.state.correctAnswer}</div>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div className="rightcol">
          <ul>
            {list.map((item, i) => (
              <li
                className="list-group-item"
                key={i}
                data-id={item.title}
                onClick={()=>this.setState({correctAnswer:item.body,selectedQuestion:item.title})}
              >
                {item.title}
              </li>
            ))}
          </ul>
        </div>
      </div>
    );
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<Contact />, document.getElementById("root"));
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.6.3/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.6.3/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
<div id="root"></div>

Instructions

Follow the steps carefully to get the output easily.

Install the Node.js and React on your IDE(preferable Visual Studio Code).
Create React Application using npx create-react-app foldername.
cd foldername.
Open the folder in IDE.
Copy the code using "copy" button above and paste it in app.js file(remove the earlier code from app.js) then paste the script tag in index.html file.
Import React and ReactDOM.
Add export default statement at end of the code(like 'export default Contact;').
Open the terminal from IDE.
npm start to run the file.

I hope you found this useful. I have added the link to dependent libraries, version information in the following sections.

I found this code snippet by searching for 'how to show answers from list when click on questions using reactjs' in kandi. You can try any such use case!

Environment Tested

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

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

Using this solution, we are able to show answers from list when click on questions using reactjs 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 show answers from list when click on questions using reactjs.