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Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 14,784 PointsWhy is return required in this block of code?
handleAddPlayer = (name) => { this.setState( prevState => { return { players: [ ...prevState.players, { name, score: 0, id: this.prevPlayerId += 1 } ] } }); }
1 Answer
Tim Oltman
7,730 PointsHi Norman,
If you want to implicitly return an object literal you need to wrap it in parentheses. For example,
var func = (name) => ({ myName: name })
func("Tim") // { myName: "Tim" }
In your code above, the outer braces are the start of the function's code block. Without a return statement it doesn't know what you want to return.