I am using Form.Control to create a drop down list and I would like to make the list dynamic. My code looks like this:

render() {
 return (

 <Form.Control as="select" value={this.state.inputval} onChange={this.updateinputval}>
  <option value={myArray[0].value}> myArray[0].value </option>
  <option value={myArray[1].value}> myArray[1].value </option>
 </Form.Control>

 )
}

Obviously this only works when myArray has two elements. I would like to find a way to pass myArray into the options of 'Form.Control' dynamically. I have found answers in here on how to do it with Select but it does not seem to work with Form.Control as ="select" as I have here.

Thank you

I am using Form.Control to create a drop down list and I would like to make the list dynamic. My code looks like this:

render() {
 return (

 <Form.Control as="select" value={this.state.inputval} onChange={this.updateinputval}>
  <option value={myArray[0].value}> myArray[0].value </option>
  <option value={myArray[1].value}> myArray[1].value </option>
 </Form.Control>

 )
}

Obviously this only works when myArray has two elements. I would like to find a way to pass myArray into the options of 'Form.Control' dynamically. I have found answers in here on how to do it with Select but it does not seem to work with Form.Control as ="select" as I have here.

Thank you

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• react-bootstrap

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The standard way to render a dynamic list of elements is to map an array:

render() {
 return (
 <Form.Control as="select" value={this.state.inputval} onChange={this.updateinputval}>
  {myArray.map(opt => (
    <option value={opt.value}>{opt.value}</option>
  ))}
 </Form.Control>
 )
}

React will ask you to provide a unique key prop for the mapped elements. This should ideally be a random id string, but you can add the index of the mapped array myArray.map((opt, i) => ... as a fallback while developing (this is also the default value which it uses when you do not provide one).

The React docs have a section for lists & keys that will help you solve this. I have included an example for you:

const myArray = ["Moo Moo", "Burt", "Little Kitty", "Juan"]

  const options = myArray.map((item) => {
    return (
      <option key={item} value={item}>
        {item}
      </option>
    )
  })

return (
    <Container>
      <Row>
        <Col>
          <Form>
            <Form.Group controlId="exampleForm.SelectCustom">
              <Form.Label>Custom select</Form.Label>
              <Form.Control as="select" custom>
                {options}
              </Form.Control>
            </Form.Group>
          </Form>
        </Col>
      </Row>
    </Container>
  )

If it's an array type, then mapping {item.value} will not work, since there are not key/value pairs in an array, just values.