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Build a Data Table with sorting and filtering

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Build a table with column sorting, text filtering and pagination.

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Building a Data Table (sorting + filtering) in React

Mental model: Keep the raw rows immutable. The displayed rows are derived: filter by the search text, then sort by the active column/direction. Header clicks cycle the sort state. useMemo keeps the derivation cheap. Never mutate the source array — always

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import React from 'react';
import DataTable from './src/DataTable';

const columns = [
  { key: 'name', label: 'Name' },
  { key: 'role', label: 'Role' },
  { key: 'age', label: 'Age' },
];

const rows = [
  { name: 'Ada', role: 'Engineer', age: 36 },
  { name: 'Grace', role: 'Admiral', age: 45 },
  { name: 'Linus', role: 'Maintainer', age: 29 },
  { name: 'Margaret', role: 'Director', age: 41 },
  { name: 'Dennis', role: 'Researcher', age: 33 },
];

export default function App() {
  return (
    <div style={{ fontFamily: 'sans-serif', padding: 20 }}>
      <h1>Data Table Demo</h1>
      <DataTable columns={columns} rows={rows} />
    </div>
  );
}
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