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url: /docs/guide/usage/linter/rules/react/no-render-return-value.md
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### What it does

This rule will warn you if you try to use the `ReactDOM.render()` return value.

### Why is this bad?

Using the return value from `ReactDOM.render()` is a legacy
feature and should not be used.

Note that `ReactDOM.render`
[has been removed entirely in React 19](https://react.dev/blog/2024/04/25/react-19-upgrade-guide#removed-reactdom-render)
and so should generally not be used.

### Examples

Examples of **incorrect** code for this rule:

```jsx
var inst = ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.body);
function render() {
  return ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.body);
}
```

Examples of **correct** code for this rule:

```jsx
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.body);
```

## How to use

## Version

This rule was added in v0.0.15.

## References