[reactjs] React : difference between <Route exact path="/" /> and <Route path="/" />

Can someone explain the difference between

<Route exact path="/" component={Home} />

and

<Route path="/" component={Home} />

I don't know the meaning of 'exact'

In short, if you have multiple routes defined for your app's routing, enclosed with Switch component like this;

<Switch>

  <Route exact path="/" component={Home} />
  <Route path="/detail" component={Detail} />

  <Route exact path="/functions" component={Functions} />
  <Route path="/functions/:functionName" component={FunctionDetails} />

</Switch>

Then you have to put exact keyword to the Route which it's path is also included by another Route's path. For example home path / is included in all paths so it needs to have exact keyword to differentiate it from other paths which start with /. The reason is also similar to /functions path. If you want to use another route path like /functions-detail or /functions/open-door which includes /functions in it then you need to use exact for the /functions route.

Please try this.

       <Router>
          <div>
            <Route exact path="/" component={Home} />
            <Route path="/news" component={NewsFeed} />
          </div>
        </Router> 

            

The shortest answer is

Please try this.

<switch>
   <Route exact path="/" component={Home} />
   <Route path="/about" component={About} />
   <Route path="/shop" component={Shop} />
 </switch>

Take a look here: https://reacttraining.com/react-router/core/api/Route/exact-bool

exact: bool

When true, will only match if the path matches the location.pathname exactly.

**path**    **location.pathname**   **exact**   **matches?**

/one        /one/two                true        no
/one        /one/two                false       yes