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JavaScript React Basics (2018) Understanding State Remove Items From State

Why must we call props.removePlayer(props.id) inside an anonymous function for the remove button to work?

Why must we call props.removePlayer(props.id) inside an anonymous function for the remove button to work? How comes this does not work? Someone help

 onClick={props.removePlayer(props.id)}

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Brian Jensen
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Brian Jensen
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Hiya Joshua Ouma :wave:

It's just the syntax that React requires when passing a parameter to an event handler. In this case, props.id.

From the React documentation: How do I pass a parameter to an event handler or callback?

Thanks