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equivalent of useHistory in react

import { useHistory } from "react-router-dom"; // DEPRECATED
// It is now
import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom"; // As at March 3, 2022

usehistory example

import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';

function Home() {
  const history = useHistory();
  return <button onClick={() => history.push('/profile')}>Profile</button>;
}

useHistory hook

// useHistory() does not work inside an arrow function 
// notice @ line 9 that the history.push() is inside a usual function. not an arrow function

let myComponent = () => {
    
const history = useHistory();
  function routeChange(){
   history.push("/author");
  }
  
  return(<>
  <button onClick={ routeChange} > redirect </button>
  </>)
    
}

      
      
      
      

useHistory() hook

// useHistory() has been changed in v6, so instead use useNavigate()

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useHistory

replaced by useNavigate