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Expand Up @@ -140,7 +140,12 @@ class CustomTextInput extends React.Component {

#### Refs and Function Components {#refs-and-function-components}

**You may not use the `ref` attribute on function components** because they don't have instances:
> Note
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> Function Components can handle `ref` since `React 16.8`, thanks to the [React.useRef()](/docs/hooks-reference.html#useref) hook. If you would like to know more about it, see how [ref can be used as an instance variable](docs/hooks-faq.html#is-there-something-like-instance-variables).

**`React.createRef()` is not designed to work with function components** because they don't have instances:


```javascript{1,8,13}
function MyFunctionComponent() {
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