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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/units-and-global-variables.rst | 5 |
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diff --git a/docs/miscellaneous.rst b/docs/miscellaneous.rst index c0c7cb1b..e8631224 100644 --- a/docs/miscellaneous.rst +++ b/docs/miscellaneous.rst @@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ The following is the order of precedence for operators, listed in order of evalu Global Variables ================ +- ``abi.decode(bytes encodedData, (...)) returns (...)``: :ref:`ABI <ABI>`-decodes the provided data. The types are given in parentheses as second argument. Example: ``(uint a, uint[2] memory b, bytes memory c) = abi.decode(data, (uint, uint[2], bytes))`` - ``abi.encode(...) returns (bytes)``: :ref:`ABI <ABI>`-encodes the given arguments - ``abi.encodePacked(...) returns (bytes)``: Performs :ref:`packed encoding <abi_packed_mode>` of the given arguments - ``abi.encodeWithSelector(bytes4 selector, ...) returns (bytes)``: :ref:`ABI <ABI>`-encodes the given arguments diff --git a/docs/units-and-global-variables.rst b/docs/units-and-global-variables.rst index 6eae2804..ceabee4e 100644 --- a/docs/units-and-global-variables.rst +++ b/docs/units-and-global-variables.rst @@ -96,9 +96,10 @@ Block and Transaction Properties .. index:: abi, encoding, packed -ABI Encoding Functions ----------------------- +ABI Encoding and Decoding Functions +----------------------------------- +- ``abi.decode(bytes encodedData, (...)) returns (...)``: ABI-decodes the given data, while the types are given in parentheses as second argument. Example: ``(uint a, uint[2] memory b, bytes memory c) = abi.decode(data, (uint, uint[2], bytes))`` - ``abi.encode(...) returns (bytes)``: ABI-encodes the given arguments - ``abi.encodePacked(...) returns (bytes)``: Performs :ref:`packed encoding <abi_packed_mode>` of the given arguments - ``abi.encodeWithSelector(bytes4 selector, ...) returns (bytes)``: ABI-encodes the given arguments starting from the second and prepends the given four-byte selector |