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How to set an object key inside a state object in React Hooks


How can I update a react hooks state object that has a nested object containing objects with index keys?

Here is the default state object.

  const [form, setForm] = useState({
      name:'',
      price:'',
      effects:{
          0:{},
          1:{},
      }

  })

My goal is to update the first key in the effects object.
I have tried some code like this.

const variable = "Sleepy"
const variableObject = {[variable]:0} 
setForm({...form, ...{...form.effects, ...{0:{ variableObject }} }  })

This attempt places the object outside of the nested effects object like this.

{
  0:{"Sleepy":0},
  1:{},
  name:'',
  price:'',
  effects:{
    0:{},
    1:{},
  } 
}

Instead, the final object state should look like this.

{
  name:'',
  price:'',
  effects:{
    0:{"Sleepy":0},
    1:{},
  } 
}

Solution

  • How about:

    form.effects[0].Sleepy = 0;
    setForm({...form});