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JavaScript React Basics (2018) Introducing Props Iterating and Rendering with map()

Takuya Hirata
Takuya Hirata
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map()

I think the map() method returns a new array. If so, how the code below works?

{props.initialPlayers.map( player => <Player name={player.name} score={player.score} key={player.id.toString()}/> )}

2 Answers

It returns an array with each array item containing a piece of JSX. When this is transpiled (converted to HTML and JavaScript) by Babel, it will appear as a set of HTML elements.