React .map built from 1 of 2 arrays

Question

So in short, I'm trying to use an array.map that can be called from one of two arrays depending on an if statement. A bit like so

class App extends Component { state = { foo: [ {number:"0"}, {number:"1"}, {number:"2"}, {number:"3"} ], bar: [ {number:"9"}, {number:"8"}, {number:"7"}, {number:"6"} ], fooBar: "foo" } test = () => { if(this.state.fooBar === "foo") { return this.state.foo } else { return this.state.bar } } onChangeFooBar = () = { this.setstate({fooBar: bar}) } render(){ <Button onClick={this.onChangeFooBar}>Set to bar</Button> <p>Here are some lines of text</p> {this.test.map(list => <p> {list.text} </p>)} } }

However, it throws an error saying it's not a function. What is it I'm no getting here? I'm almost certain my issue is in the.test

As Kind User pointed out, don't forget to add the return statement inside your render method. — Chris
– Chris, Commented Nov 10, 2017 at 13:54

dfsq · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-10 13:38:51Z

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this.test is a function, not an array. Try to call it first:

{this.test().map(list => <p> {list.text} </p>)}

answered Nov 10, 2017 at 13:38

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Chris Over a year ago

Unless I'm missing something it should be list.number, right?

Alistair Hardy Over a year ago

Bingo. Not sure how I didn't think to do that bit. Thanks

Alistair Hardy Over a year ago

@Chris You're correct there, I literally chucked that together in 5 mins in notepad++ for this post and missed that mistake.

mjrdnk · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-10 13:48:19Z

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You could as well skip test() function and instead write:

this.state[this.state.fooBar].map(list => <p> {list.number} </p>);

answered Nov 10, 2017 at 13:48

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Chris Over a year ago

Great solution if this.state.fooBar takes the same value as the other state keys (either foo or bar).

kind user · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-10 13:43:25Z

Your render function doesn't return anything. Anyways, test function is redundant.

Suggested approach:

render(){ const { foo, bar, fooBar } = this.state; const r = fooBar === 'foo' ? foo : bar; return ( <Button onClick={this.onChangeFooBar}>Set to bar</Button> <p>Here are some lines of text</p> {r.map(({ number }) => <p>{number}</p>)} ) }

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