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useEffect in REACT

Can anyone explain why the event listener is used inside the useEffect, how many times useEffect will be triggered and how the returned function is working to remove the listener? Kinda feeling bamboozled. ` import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react"; // cleanup function // second argument const UseEffectCleanup = () => { const [size, setSize] = useState(window.innerWidth); // console.log(size); const checkSize = () => { setSize(window.innerWidth); }; useEffect(() => { console.log("inside useEffect"); window.addEventListener("resize", checkSize); return () => { console.log("cleaning listener"); window.removeEventListener("resize", checkSize); }; }); return ( <> <h1>Window</h1> <h2>{size} px</h2> </> ); }; export default UseEffectCleanup; `

2nd Sep 2021, 4:42 AM
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Izac Espinoza thanks :)
6th Sep 2021, 3:13 AM
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