Selectors

Selectors are custom functions that extract specific values or pieces of information from a store's state value. As the state value grows and size and complexity, the selector functions can be useful in extracting relevant information.

A simple example is as follows:

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// Consider that state has a dictionary of posts identified by ids, and each post object has a 'date' key
// We create a selector called 'selectPostDate', which extracts the post date based on 'id'

let selectPostDate = (state, id) => state.posts[id].date;

const postDate = selectPostDate(store.getState());
console.log(postDate);
// 6 Nov 2023