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What is the use of setElement function in ReactJS ?

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

In ReactJS we have a useState Hook this hook is used to declare a state variable inside a function. It should be noted that one use of useState() can only be used to declare one state variable.

• NodeJS or NPM
• React JS
• useState Hook

Syntax:

const [ element , setElement ] = useState(initial_state);

• Import React and useState:
  • Import React and the `useState` hook to enable state management in the functional component.
• Define State and Click Handler:
  • Use `useState` to create a state variable `element` initialized to 0.
  • Implement a click handler function `onClickButtonHandler` that updates the state by incrementing `element`.
• Render JSX:
  • Return JSX to render the component, displaying "GeeksforGeeks," the current value of `element`, and a button that triggers the click handler to increment `element` on each click.

Step 1: Create a React application using the following command:

npx create-react-app foldername

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. folder name, move to it using the following command:

cd foldername

Project structure: It will look like the following.

The updated dependencies in package.json file will look like:

"dependencies": {
    "react": "^18.2.0",
    "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
    "react-scripts": "5.0.1",
    "web-vitals": "^2.1.4",
}

Example: Change the state of the element using the setElement function.

import React, { useState } from 'react'
import './App.css'
function App() {
    const [element, setElement] = useState(0);

    function onClickButtonHandler() {
        setElement(element + 1);
    }
    return (
        <div className='App'>
            <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>

            <p>Add = {element}</p>

            <button onClick={onClickButtonHandler}>
                ADD
            </button>
        </div>
    )
}

export default App;

/* Write CSS Here */

.App {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
}

body {
    background-color: antiquewhite;
}

p {
    font-size: 25px;
    color: rgb(0, 167, 228);
    font-weight: bold;
}

button {
    width: 10em;
    height: 2em;
    background-color: rgb(27, 24, 24);
    font-weight: 600;
    font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Sans Regular', 
      'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
    color: white;
    border-radius: 6px;
    border: none;
}

button:hover {
    background-color: rgb(96, 145, 125);
}

Step to run the application: Open the terminal and type the following command.

npm start

Output:

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