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React: readmore and read less

import React, { useState } from 'react';

const ReadMore = ({text}) => {
  const [isReadMore, setIsReadMore] = useState(true);
  const toggleReadMore = () => {setIsReadMore(!isReadMore)};

  return (
    <p className='testimonials__quote__text'>
      {isReadMore ? text.slice(0, 150): text }
      // condition that will render 'read more' only if the text.length is greated than 150 chars
      {text.length > 150 &&
        <span onClick={toggleReadMore}>
          {isReadMore ? '...read more' : ' ...show less'}
        </span>
      }
    </p>
  )
}

export default ReadMore;