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import React, { useRef, createRef, useState } from "react";
import ReactDOM from "react-dom";

function App() {
  const [renderIndex, setRenderIndex] = useState(1);
  const refFromUseRef = useRef();
  const refFromCreateRef = createRef();
  if (!refFromUseRef.current) {
    refFromUseRef.current = renderIndex;
  }
  if (!refFromCreateRef.current) {
    refFromCreateRef.current = renderIndex;
  }
  return (
    <div className="App">
      Current render index: {renderIndex}
      <br />
      First render index remembered within refFromUseRef.current:
      {refFromUseRef.current}
      <br />
      First render index unsuccessfully remembered within
      refFromCreateRef.current:
      {refFromCreateRef.current}
      <br />
      <button onClick={() => setRenderIndex(prev => prev + 1)}>
        Cause re-render
      </button>
    </div>
  );
}

const rootElement = document.getElementById("root");
ReactDOM.render(<App />, rootElement);