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I am using testrpc and truffle for deploying contracts.I want to pass constructor parameters while deploying.

    contract User { 
          string public userName;

          function User(string _name) {
                 userName=_name;
          }

   }

I am using contractname.deployed() for deploying contract.

      var user=User.deployed()

This deployment command won't initializes the userName parameter.

How to pass _name to this contract using truffle?

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In Truffle, constructor params go in /migrations. So, something like:

deployer.deploy(User, "foo");

User.deployed() will be a User contract that was deployed with _name="foo"

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  • There should be a way to create a contract with different constructor parameters, no ? – Othman Benchekroun May 7 '17 at 8:36
  • Sure. This line, function User(string _name) defines one parameter for the constructor. There could be more or different parameters. – Rob Hitchens - B9lab May 7 '17 at 8:44
  • I meant creating the contract with other paramters, not just modifying the variables. I have a contract that sets ownership of contract at construction to an address passed in argument. Only the owner of the contract will afterwards be able to change contract data. If I call deploy now, it sets the owner address to 0. I understood from your answer that I can change that from migrations but setting a value to my parameter. But that means I can create contracts with the same owner everytime, I would like to be able to modify the arguments from truffle console – Othman Benchekroun May 7 '17 at 9:02
  • Something like owner would usually be a non-random address, e.g. another contract or user. Migration scripts are JavaScript. You can interrogate a function in an unrelated contract to acquire the correct value, then pass it in. Really, any way you want to establish the correct address is fine, then pass it in. I wonder if you're after a factory pattern. That is, deploy a contract and then use a function in the contract to deploy something else with the factory conveniently becoming owner. Maybe ... ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/13415/… – Rob Hitchens - B9lab May 7 '17 at 15:57
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In my 2_deploy_contracts.js I have this:

var arg1 = 100;
deployer.deploy(User, arg1);

line have to have some variable initialized or can I pass an uninitialized input? Also, when I run truffle tests, I still need to pass constructor arguments, when wring those tests?? Which of the two would truffle accept?

for example, truffle tests: 

var totsup = 50;
const UserTokenMock = artifacts.require('UserToken');
contract('UserTokenMock', function ([_, owner, recipient, anotherAccount]) {
  const ZERO_ADDRESS = '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000';

  beforeEach(async function () {
    this.token = await UserTokenMock.new(totSup);
    owner = this.owner;
  });
});

thanks!

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