How does useState work in React?

[AlinaBlake]

How does useState work in React?

[OrasanuAna]

useState is a Hook that allows you to add state to a functional component. It returns a pair: the current state value and a function to update it.

[ruchi-kr]

useState is a hook that allows you to add state to functional components. It helps manage component-level state and re-renders the component when the state changes.

it is the most widely used hook of react.js

const [ name, setName] = useState("");
an example of usage. here "" string says it is initially empty.

https://react.dev/reference/react/useState
https://www.w3schools.com/react/react_usestate.asp

go through these links to learn more.