is it possible to React.useState(() => {}) in React?

Question

is it possible to use a function as my React Component's state ?

example code here:

// typescript 
type OoopsFunction = () => void;

export function App() {
    const [ooops, setOoops] = React.useState<OoopsFunction>(
        () => console.log('default ooops')
    );

    return (
        <div>
            <div onClick={ ooops }>
                Show Ooops
            </div>

            <div onClick={() => {
                setOoops(() => console.log('other ooops'))
            }}>
                change oops
            </div>
        </div>
    )
}

but it doesn't works ... the defaultOoops will be invoked at very beginning, and when clicking change oops, the otrher ooops will be logged to console immediately not logging after clicking Show Ooops again.

why ?

is it possible for me to use a function as my component's state ?

or else React has its special ways to process such the function state ?

Answer 1

It is possible to set a function in state using hooks, but because state can be initialized and updated with a function that returns the initial state or the updated state, you need to supply a function that in turn returns the function you want to put in state.

const { useState } = React;

function App() {
  const [ooops, setOoops] = useState(() => () => console.log("default ooops"));

  return (
    <div>
      <button onClick={ooops}>Show Ooops</button>

      <button
        onClick={() => {
          setOoops(() => () => console.log("other ooops"));
        }}
      >
        change oops
      </button>
    </div>
  );
}

ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("root"));

<script src="https://unpkg.com/react@16/umd/react.development.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>

<div id="root"></div>