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# [Explaining React useState to a 4 years old.](https://ot.hashnode.dev/explaining-react-usestate-to-a-4-years-old?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

What is useState ? useState is a React hook that allows us to access state in a functional component. In React versions less than 16.7, if we wanted to create a component that needed state we have to do that using the class method, now with the help ...

Sep 21, 2021 · 4 min read · ot.hashnode.dev  
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