convert padded topics address to valid address string

Question

I am parsing some information from the topics array.

I receive 32bit padded addresses in some indexes. Is there a web3 utility function or useful helper method to get these back into normal sized addresses?

I'm not sure if I will remove the correct amount of 0's to get the same valid address Im looking for.

Please advise

Answer 1

This function removes any leading groups of "00", and then adds "0x" at the beginning.

public string AddressWithoutPadding(string address)
    {
        if (address.StartsWith("0x"))
            address = address.Remove(0, 2);
        do
        {
            if (address.StartsWith("00"))
            {
                address = address.Remove(0, 2);
            }
            else
                break;
        } while (true);
        return "0x" + address;
    }