Arrow functions and the use of parentheses () or {} or ({})
I cannot understand why in the arrow functions we do not need to wrap the literal of arrow function in the ({})
braces, instead of in this example the literal just wrapped in the single ()
braces. Why? I had surfed the internet to find an answer on it, but it failed.
And also why we put the arguments in double braces ({})
, instead of just ()
?
const FilterLink = ({ filter, children }) => (
<NavLink
to={filter === 'SHOW_ALL' ? '/' : `/${ filter }`}
activeStyle={ {
textDecoration: 'none',
color: 'black'
}}
>
{children}
</NavLink>
)
Solution 1:
Using ({})
is to destructure
the arguments and => ()
is an implicit return equivalent to => { return ()}
and (
only serves to disambiguate between the start of an object and the opening braces of a function body and would generally be used when you have a multiline return value. You could simply avoid using (
and have the NavLink
in the same line as the arrow =>
const FilterLink = ({ filter, children }) => ( // <-- implicit return
<NavLink
to={filter === 'SHOW_ALL' ? '/' : `/${ filter }`}
activeStyle={ {
textDecoration: 'none',
color: 'black'
}}
>
{children}
</NavLink>
)
is equivalent to
const FilterLink = ({ filter, children }) => {
return (
<NavLink
to={filter === 'SHOW_ALL' ? '/' : `/${ filter }`}
activeStyle={ {
textDecoration: 'none',
color: 'black'
}}
>
{children}
</NavLink>
)
}
Check this answer for more details on the usage of destructuring in ({ filter, children })
Solution 2:
const add = ( a, b ) => ( a + b )
Is equivalent to
const add = ( a, b ) => { return a+b; }
When you use the ()
after your =>
it just automatically returns the values inside.
Edit: you can also ommit the ()
entirely, thanks to Tom Fenesh