.. py:module:: ethereum.homestead.utils.address

Hardfork Utility Functions For Addresses
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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Introduction
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Address specific functions used in this homestead version of specification.


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Module Contents
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Functions
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   ethereum.homestead.utils.address.to_address
   ethereum.homestead.utils.address.compute_contract_address



Module Details
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to_address
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.. function:: to_address(data: Union[ethereum.base_types.Uint, ethereum.base_types.U256]) -> ethereum.homestead.eth_types.Address
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   Convert a Uint or U256 value to a valid address (20 bytes).

   :param data: The string to be converted to bytes.

   :returns: **address** -- The obtained address.
   :rtype: `Address`




.. undocinclude:: /../src/ethereum/homestead/utils/address.py
   :language: python
   :pyobject: to_address

compute_contract_address
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.. function:: compute_contract_address(address: ethereum.homestead.eth_types.Address, nonce: ethereum.base_types.Uint) -> ethereum.homestead.eth_types.Address
   :noindexentry:

   Computes address of the new account that needs to be created.

   :param address: The address of the account that wants to create the new account.
   :param nonce: The transaction count of the account that wants to create the new
                 account.

   :returns: **address** -- The computed address of the new account.
   :rtype: `ethereum.homestead.eth_types.Address`




.. undocinclude:: /../src/ethereum/homestead/utils/address.py
   :language: python
   :pyobject: compute_contract_address