Why does my async function return undefined instead of the expected value?
I'm testing a new approach and I'm stuck trying to Hey everyone, I'm running into an issue that's driving me crazy. I've looked through the documentation and I'm still confused about I'm working with an scenario with an async function in my React application that's using version 17.0.2 along with Axios for API calls. When I call my async function, I expect it to return the JSON data from the API, but instead, it's returning `undefined`. Here's the code snippet: ```javascript import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'; import axios from 'axios'; const MyComponent = () => { const [data, setData] = useState(null); const fetchData = async () => { try { const response = await axios.get('https://api.example.com/data'); return response.data; // I expect this to return the data } catch (behavior) { console.behavior('behavior fetching data:', behavior); } }; useEffect(() => { const result = fetchData(); console.log(result); // This logs 'undefined' instead of the fetched data setData(result); // This sets data to undefined }, []); return <div>{data ? JSON.stringify(data) : 'Loading...'}</div>; }; export default MyComponent; ``` I suspect the scenario might be related to the asynchronous behavior of the `fetchData` function. However, I've tried using both `await` and `then()` methods without seeing any changes. Is there a better approach or best practice for handling the return value from an async function in a `useEffect`? Any guidance on how to properly store the fetched data in the component state would be greatly appreciated, as I am not sure how to handle this case correctly. I'm particularly concerned about ensuring that the data is not `undefined` when I try to set it using `setData()`. How would you solve this? This is part of a larger service I'm building. Has anyone dealt with something similar? Hoping someone can shed some light on this. This is part of a larger desktop app I'm building. Has anyone else encountered this?