Referring to prop via variable name

Asked Jun 18 '19 at 14:07

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I am attempting to use a prop in a component without hard coding the name of the prop itself into the code since it can change dynamically.

I know react allows you to refer to affect state via square brackets in the code shown below. Is it possible to do something similar with this.props?

this.setState({[label]: ''});

This code would set whatever is stored in the label variable to ''. I am trying to use a prop in hopefully a similar way, but something like this.props.[label] does not work and puts out an unexpected character error. Any help would be appreciated.

asked Jun 18 '19 at 14:07

W.Shields

`this.props[label]` - no `.` before the brackets. – VLAZ Jun 18 '19 at 14:09
Yep that's it VLAZ, I was done in by a lack of some JS knowledge. – W.Shields Jun 18 '19 at 14:12

Referring to prop via variable name

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