A Custom React Hook using Ref Pattern

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useTimeout

A custom React Hook that allows you to call a callback after a specified delay.

Usage

import { useTimeout } from './useTimeout';

const callback = () => {
  // Do something
};

const delay = 1000;

useTimeout(callback, delay);

Parameters

• callback: A callback function that will be called after the specified delay.
• delay: The delay in milliseconds after which the callback will be called.

counterHook.jsx

const useTimeout = (callback, delay) => {
 const callbackRef = useRef(callback);

 useLayoutEffect(() => {
  callbackRef.current = callback;
 });

 useEffect(() => {
  const id = setTimeout(() => callbackRef.current(), delay);

  return () => clearTimeout(id);
 }, [delay]);
};

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