I don't understand React props. Could you give me more examples?
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In React, props (short for "properties") are a mechanism for passing data from a parent component to a child component. Props are read-only and should not be modified within a component. Here are some examples to illustrate how props work:
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// Parent component
function Greeting() {
return <Child name="Bob" />;
}
// Child component
function Child(props) {
return <p>Hello, {props.name}!</p>;
}
In this example, the parent component Greeting
is passing a prop called name
with the value "Bob"
to its child component Child
. The child component can access this value via the props
parameter passed to its function. In this case, we're using the value of name
to render a personalized greeting.
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// Parent component
function ProductList() {
const products = [
{ name: "iPhone", price: 999 },
{ name: "MacBook Pro", price: 1499 },
{ name: "iPad", price: 329 },
];
return <ProductTable products={products} />;
}
// Child component
function ProductTable(props) {
return (
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Price</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
{props.products.map((product) => (
<ProductRow key={product.name} product={product} />
))}
</tbody>
</table>
);
}
// Grandchild component
function ProductRow(props) {
return (
<tr>
<td>{props.product.name}</td>
<td>{props.product.price}</td>
</tr>
);
}
In this example, the parent component ProductList
is passing an array of product objects to its child component ProductTable
via the prop products
. The child component then maps over this array to render a table row for each product, passing each individual product object down to its grandchild component ProductRow
via the prop product
.
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// Parent component
function ButtonToolbar() {
function handleClick() {
console.log("Button clicked!");
}
return <Button onClick={handleClick}>Click me</Button>;
}
// Child component
function Button(props) {
return <button onClick={props.onClick}>{props.children}</button>;
}
In this example, the parent component ButtonToolbar
defines a function handleClick
and passes it down to its child component Button
via the prop onClick
. The child component attaches this function as a click event handler to the actual <button>
element it renders. When the button is clicked, React calls the function passed in as the onClick
prop, which logs "Button clicked!" to the console. This allows the child component to delegate some behavior to its parent component.
how to pass information from one component to another?
In React, you can pass information from one component to another through props.
Props (short for properties) are a way of passing data from parent to child components. You can pass any data type as a prop, such as strings, numbers, arrays, functions, or objects.
Here's an example:
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// Parent component
import Child from './Child';
function Parent() {
const message = "Hello from Parent";
return <Child text={message} />;
}
// Child component
function Child(props) {
return <p>{props.text}</p>;
}
In this example, the Parent
component passes the message
variable as a prop to the Child
component. The Child
component receives the prop through its props
parameter and displays it inside a paragraph element.
You can learn more about props in React from the official documentation: https://reactjs.org/docs/components-and-props.html
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