React calculator - async state?

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I’m working on the front end calculator challenge using react. Things were going swimmingly until I wanted to clear the display if the user enters a number after hitting equals. The logic seems sound, but the display doesn’t clear and the new number is added to the operand:

I think the problem is on lines 133-137. As far as I can tell React doesn’t update state fast enough to use in this calculation. Is that the correct interpretation?

  • Should I use another method to store the key variables, and maybe just update display with state?
  • Is there a way to make React update state faster?

Keen to understand rather than just botch my way through.

Thanks in advance!

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Oops! Sorry, let me edit the post above so this makes sense…

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The issue is if the user hits another number after hitting equals.

In other words, if we’ve hit equals and a result is showing, when you hit a new number it should clear the screen and start from that number.

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