← React Intermediate Questions - Set 9 Q83

How do you handle state in class components?

React Intermediate Questions - Set 9

Example

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this.setState({ open: true });            // merge
this.setState(prev => ({ n: prev.n + 1 }));  // when it depends on the previous value

What to notice

• `setState` merges at the top level, unlike `useState` which replaces.