setState for nested objects

Question

I have a nested object as a state and I have a form in a component. I was thinking of updating the state every time the user enter something in the form and to avoid creating ma

Answer 1

Of course you can use switch, Nothing wrong AFAIK.

And to update nested objects with setState. See the example

  updatePreferences = (preferenceName, enteredValue) => {
     switch (preferenceName) {
      case preferenceName === "minutes":
        this.setState({minutes: enteredValue});
        return
      case preferenceName === "business":
        this.setState({...this.state, interests: {
          ...this.state.interests,
          business: !this.state.interests.business
        }});
        return
      default:
        return
    }

  }