Removing element from array in component state

Question

I am trying to find the best way to remove an element from an array in the state of a component. Since I should not modify the this.state variable directly, is

Answer 1

You could make the code more readable with a one line helper function:

const removeElement = (arr, i) => [...arr.slice(0, i), ...arr.slice(i+1)];

then use it like so:

this.setState(state => ({ places: removeElement(state.places, index) }));