After switching to hooks, I wondered how to get value from the last render. In class component's componentDidUpdate, we can access prevState and prevProps. In a hooks-based component, for this purpose we can utilize useRef hook and then access ref.current. This utility hook will be useful in any modern React codebase.
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function usePrevious(value) { const ref = useRef() useEffect(() => { ref.current = value }, [value]) return ref.current }