[reactjs] Is it possible to use if...else... statement in React render function?

Basically, I have a react component, its render() function body is as below: (It is my ideal one, which means it currently does not work)

render(){
    return (
        <div>
            <Element1/>
            <Element2/>
            // note: code does not work here
            if (this.props.hasImage) <MyImage />
            else <OtherElement/>
        </div>
    )
}

If you need more than one condition, so you can try this out

https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-if-elseif-else-render

import { If, Then, ElseIf, Else } from 'react-if-elseif-else-render';

class Example extends Component {

  render() {
    var i = 3; // it will render '<p>Else</p>'
    return (
      <If condition={i == 1}>
        <Then>
          <p>Then: 1</p>
        </Then>
        <ElseIf condition={i == 2}>
          <p>ElseIf: 2</p>
        </ElseIf>
        <Else>
          <p>Else</p>
        </Else>
      </If>
    );
  }
}

You can also use conditional (ternary) operator inside conditional operator in case you have 2 different dependencies.

{
(launch_success)
  ?
  <span className="bg-green-100">
    Success
  </span>
  :
  (upcoming)
    ?
    <span className="bg-teal-100">
      Upcoming
    </span>
    :
    <span className="bg-red-100">
      Failed
    </span>
}

If you want a condition to show elements, you can use something like this.

renderButton() {
    if (this.state.loading) {
        return <Spinner size="small" spinnerStyle={styles.spinnerStyle} />;
    }

    return (
        <Button onPress={this.onButtonPress.bind(this)}>
            Log In
        </Button>
    );
}

Then call the helping method inside render function.

<View style={styles.buttonStyle}>
      {this.renderButton()}
</View>

Or you can use another way of condition inside return.

{this.props.hasImage ? <element1> : <element2>}

You can render anything using the conditional statement like if, else :

 render() {
    const price = this.state.price;
    let comp;

    if (price) {

      comp = <h1>Block for getting started with {this.state.price}</h1>

    } else {

      comp = <h1>Block for getting started.</h1>

    }

    return (
      <div>
        <div className="gettingStart">
          {comp}
        </div>
      </div>
    );
  }

May be I'm too late here. But I hope this would help someone. First separate those two elements.

renderLogout(){
<div>
   <LogoutButton onClick={this.handleLogoutClick} />
<div>
}

renderLogin(){
<div>
   <LoginButton onClick={this.handleLoginClick} />
<div>
}

Then you can call these functions from render function using if else statement.

render(){
if(this.state.result){
  return this.renderResult();
}else{
  return this.renderQuiz();
}}

This works for me. :)

If you want to use If, else if, and else then use this method

           {this.state.value === 0 ? (
                <Component1 />
            ) : this.state.value === 1 ? (
              <Component2 />
            ) : (
              <Component3 />
            )}

The shorthand for an if else structure works as expected in JSX

this.props.hasImage ? <MyImage /> : <SomeotherElement>

You can find other options on this blogpost of DevNacho, but it's more common to do it with the shorthand. If you need to have a bigger if clause you should write a function that returns or component A or component B.

for example:

this.setState({overlayHovered: true});

renderComponentByState({overlayHovered}){
    if(overlayHovered) {
        return <overlayHoveredComponent />
    }else{
        return <overlayNotHoveredComponent />
    }
}

You can destructure your overlayHovered from this.state if you give it as parameter. Then execute that function in your render() method:

renderComponentByState(this.state)

You should Remember about TERNARY operator

:

so your code will be like this,

render(){
    return (
        <div>
            <Element1/>
            <Element2/>
            // note: code does not work here
            { 
               this.props.hasImage ?  // if has image
               <MyImage />            // return My image tag 
               :
               <OtherElement/>        // otherwise return other element  

             }
        </div>
    )
}

I used ternary operator and it's working fine for me.

> {item.lotNum == null ? ('PDF'):(item.lotNum)}

Try going with Switch case or ternary operator

render(){
    return (
        <div>
            <Element1/>
            <Element2/>
            // updated code works here
            {(() => {
                        switch (this.props.hasImage) {
                            case (this.props.hasImage):
                                return <MyImage />;
                            default:
                                return (
                                   <OtherElement/>; 
                                );
                        }
                    })()}
        </div>
    )
}

This worked for me and should work for you else. Try Ternary Operator

Type 1: If statement style

{props.hasImage &&

  <MyImage />

}

Type 2: If else statement style

   {props.hasImage ?

      <MyImage /> :

      <OtherElement/>

    }

There actually is a way to do exactly what OP is asking. Just render and call an anonymous function like so:

render () {
  return (
    <div>
      {(() => {
        if (someCase) {
          return (
            <div>someCase</div>
          )
        } else if (otherCase) {
          return (
            <div>otherCase</div>
          )
        } else {
          return (
            <div>catch all</div>
          )
        }
      })()}
    </div>
  )
}