I'm fetching async object with an array and a value. I want to take the array and add that other value to the same array at a random index.
{
incorrect_answers: ['item1', 'item2', 'item3'],
correct_answer: 'item4'
}
// I expect this: ['item1', 'item2', 'item4', 'item3'] the index for 'item4' is random
I get the array with useState fine, but don't know how to add the other value in the same useState line:
const [index, setIndex] = useState(0);
const [answers, setAnswers] = useState([]);
useEffect(()=>{
(async () => {
const data = await fetch ('https://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=10&type=multiple');
const json = await data.json();
setAnswers(json.results[index].incorrect_answers);
//if I use .splice here, I get only the correct_answer in the array
answers.splice(random,0, json.results[index].correct_answer);
setAnswers(answers)
})();
}, []);
UPDATE:
the complete project is here: https://codepen.io/metsuge/pen/qBxyrMY The idea is that when clicking Next Question, the index would update to show the next object in the array. But the index value in NextQuestion() and in the if statement is off by 1, so questions and answers are mixed
setAnswer
may point to the old answers
array as calling setAnswer
can async. const [index, setIndex] = useState(0);
const [answers, setAnswers] = useState([]);
useEffect(()=>{
(async () => {
const data = await fetch ('');
const json = await data.json();
setAnswers(json.results[index].incorrect_answers);
// answers may equal to []
answers.splice(random,0, json.results[index].correct_answer);
setAnswers(answers)
})();
}, []);
setAnswers
calls and will only call the 2nd setAnswer
. So your incorrect_answers
will never set to the answers
array. Therefore you are actually splicing the initial empty array.incorrect_answers
before insert the correct_answer
and still uses answers.splice
, then the original data will be mutate. So after you mutate the original data set, you call the setAnswers(answers)
with mutated data. When react compares the old value to the new value provided in setAnswers
it sees both are equal. So React will ignore state update. const [index, setIndex] = useState(0);
const [answers, setAnswers] = useState([]);
useEffect(()=>{
(async () => {
const data = await fetch ('');
const json = await data.json();
const data = json.results[index].incorrect_answers;
data.splice(random,0, json.results[index].correct_answer);
setAnswers(data);
})();
}, []);
References
I have update your QuizeComponent
function QuizComponent() {
const [APIData, setAPI] = useState({});
const [question, setQuestion] = useState("");
const [index, setIndex] = useState(0);
const [answers, setAnswers] = useState([]);
const [objectsLength, setObjectsLength] = useState(0);
useEffect(() => {
(async () => {
const data = await fetch(
"https://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=10&type=multiple"
);
const json = await data.json();
setAPI(json.results);
setObjectsLength(json.results.length);
})();
}, [])
useEffect(() => {
if (APIData[index]) {
const random = Math.floor(Math.random() * 5);
const data = APIData[index];
const cpy = [...data.incorrect_answers];
cpy.splice(random, 0, APIData[index].correct_answer);
setAnswers(cpy);
setQuestion(data.question);
}
}, [index, APIData])
const nextQuestion = function () {
if (index !== objectsLength.length - 1) {
setIndex(index + 1);
setQuestion(APIData[index].question);
setAnswers(APIData[index].incorrect_answers);
} else {
console.log("This is the last question.");
}
};
return (
<div className="QuizComponent">
<h1>QUIZ COMPONENT</h1>
<div>
<Question question={question} APIData={APIData} index={index} />
</div>
<div>
<button onClick={() => nextQuestion(index)}>Next question</button>
</div>
<div id="main-answers-container">
{answers.map(function (item, i) {
return <Answer key={i} answer={item} index={index} />;
})}
</div>
</div>
);
}