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Defining Event Handlers as Functions
In React, you pass a function as the event handler rather than a string. This keeps your logic organized and reusable.
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function ActionButton() {function handleClick() {alert('Button was clicked!');}return (<button onClick={handleClick}>Click Me</button>);}
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function handleClick() { ... }
Defines a local function that contains the logic to run when the event occurs.
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onClick={handleClick}
Assigns the function to the 'onClick' event. Note that we don't use parentheses here (no 'handleClick()').