How to make a function only available for the founder?

Question

I have created a contract that allows a function issue, the code as followed;

function Issue(uint256 _value) public  {
    balanceOf[msg.sender] += _value;            // Subtract from the sender
    totalSupply += _value;                      // Updates totalSupply

 }

I want to edit that only the creator of the contract can Issue more token. I tried changing the public to internal, but after changing that, I cannot find the Issue function.

My questions is how do I edit this to make the issue only available to the founder?

Answer 1

You need to keep track of the account that deployed the contract, and then you need to check msg.sender in your function to make sure it's the same account.

Here's an example from https://programtheblockchain.com/posts/2017/12/26/checking-the-sender-in-a-smart-contract/:

pragma solidity ^0.4.19;

contract TipJar {

    address owner;    // current owner of the contract

    function TipJar() public {  // contract's constructor function
        owner = msg.sender;
    }

    function withdraw() public {
        require(owner == msg.sender);
        msg.sender.transfer(this.balance);
    }

    // unchanged code omitted
}