Several state variables in one component
index and showMore are independent: moving to the next place keeps the details open. Click Next a few more times and watch it wrap around.
useState gives a component a value that React remembers between renders plus a setter function; calling the setter stores a new value and makes React render the component again so the screen shows it.
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Practice questions
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Build a Toggle component with a button that switches between ON and OFF on each click.
Build a NameTag with two buttons, Asha and Ravi, and a heading Hello, <name>! that starts as Hello, guest!.
Explain it without notes
Why can't a component remember a value in a local variable?
What does useState return, and what does calling the setter do?
If you render a component three times, how many copies of its state exist?
When is the argument to useState used?
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Hawa Mahal in Jaipur | Has 953 small windows called jharokhas.