useConsistentValue

Keep a consistent reference to an object or array based on their values. Useful when using them as dependencies of an useEffect, useMemo or useCallback hooks.

Usage

Install it

$ yarn add use-consistent-value

Import it

import useConsistentValue from 'use-consistent-value';

Use it inside a component

const [title, setState] = React.useState('');
const consistentValue = useConsistentValue({ title });
React.useEffect(() => {
  // do something with consistentValue
}, [consistentValue]);

Custom compare function

By default, useConsistentValue uses fast-deep-equal to compare the stored value and the new value, this could be configured passing a compare function as second argument of the hook, useful when you want to check a less properties to know if it changed.

const consistentValue = useConsistentValue(
  { title, ignoredOnCompare },
  (a, b) => a.title === b.title
);

The compare function must return a boolean, with true in case the values are the same and false if they are not.