Edit object data from input value with hooks in React.js

Question

I created an array of objects with properties of name and birth_date. I then create a Person component and map out the array using props. I'd like to make the name editable so I put the props into an input value. I am trying to use hooks to be able to update that objects name, however, what I currently have only returns an empty value and then edits all values in the table. Any way to specify to only edit that particular objects name and update the array?

NewTable.js

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import './list.css';
import TableHeader from './TableHeader';
import PersonItem from './PersonItem';
import { people } from './people.js';


function NewTable() {

  const [itemDetails, editItemDetails] = useState(people.name)

  function newPeople(people) {
    return (
      <PersonItem
        name={itemDetails}
        date={people.birth_date}
        edit={e => editItemDetails(e.target.value)}
      />
    );
  }

  return(
    <div id="task-group">
      <table className="task-list">
        <TableHeader />
        <tbody>
          {people.map(newPeople)}
        </tbody>
      </table>
    </div>
  )
}

export default NewTable;

PersonItem.js

import React from 'react';
import './list.css';

function PersonItem(props) {

  return(
      <tr>
        <td><input type="text" value={props.name} onChange={props.edit}/></td>
        <td><input type="text" value={props.date}/></td>
      </tr>
  )
}

export default PersonItem;

people.js

const people = [
  {
    name: "John Smith",
    birth_date: '01/01/1991',
  },
  {
    name: "Dwayne Johnson",
    birth_date: '03/05/1992',
  },

]

export { people };

Answer 1

Here is one possible solution:

Have a unique id for every person:

const myPeople = [
  {

    id: "1",
    name: "John Smith",
    birth_date: '01/01/1991',
  },
  {
    id: "2",
    name: "Dwayne Johnson",
    birth_date: '03/05/1992',
  },
]

Then pass down this function to the PersonItem component so they can call up and change the state:

const [people, setPeople] = useState(myPeople)

// Pass this function as a prop to PersonItem
function changeNameOfPerson(id, newName) {
  const peopleCopy = [...people];
  for (let person in peopleCopy) {
    if (person.id === id) {
      person.name = newName;
    }
  }
  setPeople(peopleCopy);
}

Answer 2

A good practice when using hooks is to name the function that changes the state with the prefix 'set'. Example: [nameOfYourVar, setNameOfYourVar] This improves the readability.

Like Mellet said, it's important to use an unique identifier on each object. you can use this id to change an specific object from your array. Source