Questions tagged [function-selector]
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How to call a contract function only using function hash in ethers.js?
I would like to call a contract function, but I do not have the contract's abi. Since none of the decoders can decode the function name, the only solution I see is calling the function using its hash. ...
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How to calculate the 4byte selector using Cast?
I am using Foundry, and I need to calculate the 4-byte selector of a custom error. How can I do this with the cast CLI?
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How to convert `bytes4` to `bytes memory` in Solidity?
bytes4 is a commonly needed data type in Solidity, due to its use in msg.sig and, more broadly speaking, in function selectors (e.g. Contract.func.selector).
How can one convert bytes4 to bytes memory?...
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Cannot get selector of inherited functions
contract A {
uint256 x;
function myFunc(uint256 _x) public {
x = _x;
}
}
contract B is A {
function myFunc1(uint256 _x) public {
x = _x;
}
}
contract Test {
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What is a function's function signature if it uses a custom type? (Stuct, enum, etc)
I have the following Enum that is an input to a function
enum Cat {
Tabby,
Rascal,
Cool
}
function hiMom(Cat myCat) public {
What is the function signature of hiMom(Cat)?
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I initiated a swap on blockchain, but intead of going to receive adress it created a contract without abi or functions in it [duplicate]
I initiated a swap on bsc blockchain, but instead of funds going to receive adress it created a contract without abi or functions in it.
Is it possible to receive the funds back?
I own the created ...
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Any way to call contract function without showing in transactions on ethscan/bscscan?
I'm trying to figure out how a particular smart contract (or set of contracts) is operating. It seems to be executing a function but the function call never shows up as a transaction on bscscan (yes ...
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Can you explain why do we have to access bytes variable "functionCallData" four times in order to get selector?
Why would we get function selector like this and why do we use that bytes variable functionCallData do many times? Thanks in advance!
function getSelectorTwo() public view returns (bytes4 selector) {
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What is a function signature and function selector in solidity (and EVM languages)?
I've heard the term "function signature" as well as "function selector", what are they? What are they for?
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Get functions selectors of contract
Is it possible to get all the function selectors from a contract using only Solidity and/or assembly?
Thanks!
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External Function as Function argument
I am trying to figure out how the calldata looks, when I pass a function as a function argument.
For example,
function foo(function(uint) external callback) external {}
I assume it is the methodId of ...
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Match a solidity function selector with a dynamic array to a vyper function selector
I have a solidity function selector:
bytes4 selector = bytes4(keccak256(bytes("rawFulfillRandomWords(uint256,uint256[])")));
(The selector here is 0x1fe543e3)
And in this function selector, ...
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Cannot get correct MethodID from a function
I am trying to derive the MethodID from the function, based on this post.
However, when I look at this transaction on Etherscan, I cannot see how swapExactTokensForETHSupportingFeeOnTransferTokens(...
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Fastest way to find the function in a contract from it's selector?
Let's say I have a function selector:
0xa9059cbb
And I have a contract as such:
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.7;
contract CallAnything {
function balanceOf(address ...
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Method with struct not presented over Etherscan
In my smart contract I have some methods that get a struct as an input:
contract MyContract {
MyStruct {
uint[] arr;
address[] addresses;
}
function myFunction(MyStruct[] structs) ...
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Get interfaceId from interface in ethers js or hardhat
Solidity has this wonderful way to quickly get the interface id from an interface. Suppose I have the interface
interface undernose {
function overmouth() external;
}
then solidity (at least in ...
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How do I decode call data in solidity?
I have data in memory that is used for a function call, so I guess that makes it call data rather than a calldata (data location). This call data, say bytes memory data, consists of a selector and the ...
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generate function name yielding a specific function selector
Suppose I have a function with arguments (address _to, uint256 number)
The function selector is found using
let signature = "name(address,uint256)";
let selector = Keccack256(signature) ;
I ...
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How to call certain solidity function based on python function parameter
I was wonder if it's possible to call a smart contract function based on a parameter sent to my function caller. From some research I did, i was able to find a function called getattr(). I was ...
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Is there a way to call a function via a selector from within a contract?
In the case of calling a function with signature foo(uint256) from contract A, I could use this construction in solidity:
address(A).call(abi.encodeWithSignature("foo(uint256)", 100));
// or ...
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Can you call internal functions of a smart contract using the function selector?
I have the following contract:
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.9;
contract Selectors {
bool public called;
function callOtherFunc() public {
bytes4 func = ...
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Constructing hex data payload for contract interaction
I am trying to construct the data payload as described here and quoted below for interacting with a contract:
https://github.com/ethereumbook/ethereumbook/blob/develop/06transactions.asciidoc#...
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Why EIP-165 consider 0xffffffff value to be invalid id?
EIP-165 aims to provide a way for a contract to communicate whether it has implemented a certain interface or not. The standard defines the interface identifier as the XOR of all function selectors in ...
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How to load the first 4 bytes from a bytes calldata var?
It is common for calldata to be encoded as bytes calldata when developing contracts in Solidity.
I need to extract the function selector from such a bytes var. What's the best way to load the first 4 ...
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Function selector computed differently for libraries?
As documented in various places, the function selector is computed as the first four bytes of the keccak256 hash of the function header, which consists of the function name followed by the list of ...
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explanation of appending .selector in solidity smart contracts
I'm trying to understand what .selector means when appended to logic wrapped up inside of functions definitions. I've tried to read the section in soliditydocs, but it doesn't seem to answer my ...
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What is the advantage of the function selector?
I can't understand the advantage of function selector. Following link
What is a function selctor?
uses function selector to invoke a function of another contract but it uses the statements:
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What is a function selector?
I am reading an article, it says:
To enable deployment on the Ethereum platform, the contract functions
are compiled into EVM bytecode and a piece of code called function
selector is added, ...
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Function selector of function that takes enum as argument
If a function takes an enum as a parameter
function foo(MyEnum arg1, uint256 arg2) public returns (bool);
how do I properly compute the function selector for that function?
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Function selector for constructor & fallback function?
According to https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Ethereum-Contract-ABI, function selector is hashed from function name and list of its arguments put inside ().
For example, with function deposit(...
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Should UIs handle 4Byte function selector collisions?
With 4 bytes collisions are possible.
But they are not very likely. Currently in the 6,846 entries in the 4Byte.directory there are no collisions.
Still they are possible. Now I wonder if UIs should ...
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Calling function from deployed contract
I want to know how to instantiate an existing contract deployed on the blockchain using its address.
e.g:
contract A {
function f1()
{}
}
A is deployed on the blockchain, and in contract B I ...
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