getChecksumAddress is not exported

[nkuba]

Is there a reason the getChecksumAddress function is not exported? Is there an alternative approach that should be used to convert a string to a checksummed address?

ethers.js/packages/address/src.ts/index.ts

Line 12 in 608864f

function getChecksumAddress(address: string): string {

[ricmoo]

That method is an internal function used by the other methods.

Just use the getAddress method directly, which performs the checksum. :)

[nkuba]

I could use the getAdddress function but it throws an error

ethers.js/packages/address/src.ts/index.ts

Line 93 in 608864f

logger.throwArgumentError("bad address checksum", "address", address);

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[ricmoo]

That means the checksum is incorrect. This is usually an indication you have a bad address, but if you want to force calculating the address, you can use getAddress(addr.toLowerCase()).

[tintinthong]

I find it peculiar doesnt return a checksum

getAddress("0x27b1fdb04752bbc536007a920d24acb045561c26")

[ricmoo]

What does it return?

[ricmoo]

Interesting. That address is one of the 1 in 2048-ish whose checksum is lowercase in all the positions with a letter. It is a valid checksum address though. :)