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 ## 5. State and State Hook (useState)
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+Essentially it's a place in code that allows you to tap in to a module to either provide different behavior or to react when something happens.
 State represents the internal data of a component. The `useState` hook is used to add state management to functional components. It returns the current state value and a function to update it.
 
 ### Example: