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Use && for a More Concise Conditional

Use && for a More Concise Conditional

The example given is

{condition && <p>markup</p>} 

which is demonstrated below using the condition of the this.state.dinnerCooked boolean. If the boolean is true the markup included in the {} with the condition will display, if not it will not display

class MyComponent extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      dinnerCooked: true
    }   
  }
  render() {  
    return (
       <div>       
         {this.state.dinnerCooked &&<h1>Dinner is Cooked!</h1>}//h1 tag contents will be displayed
       </div>
    );
  }
};

## Hint:

You don't have to do a full ```if/then``` statement. Just write the condition you are checking.

## Solution:

As you can see, you don't have to write the full ```if/then``` statement. We only need to check the condition and see if it returns ```true``` or ```false```. In this case, we are checking the value of ```display```. If the value is ```true```, then you return the value to the right of ```&&```, which is ```<h1>Displayed!</h1>```. If the condition is ```false```, it returns nothing.

```jsx
class MyComponent extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      dinnerCooked: false
    }   
  }
  render() {  
    return (
       <div>       
         {this.state.dinnerCooked &&<h1>Dinner is Cooked!</h1>}//h1 tag contents will NOT be displayed
      display: true
    }
    this.toggleDisplay = this.toggleDisplay.bind(this);
  }
  toggleDisplay() {
    this.setState({
      display: !this.state.display
    });
  }
  render() {
    // change code below this line
    return (
       <div>
         <button onClick={this.toggleDisplay}>Toggle Display</button>
         {this.state.display && <h1>Displayed!</h1>}
       </div>
    );
  }
};

Explanation from ReactJS.org documentation

You may embed any expressions in JSX by wrapping them in curly braces. This includes the JavaScript logical && operator. It can be handy for conditionally including an element

It works because in JavaScript, true && expression always evaluates to expression, and false && expression always evaluates to false.

Therefore, if the condition is true, the element right after && will appear in the output. If it is false, React will ignore and skip it.