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Principal

IC principals (user and canister smart contract IDs)

Type Principal​

type Principal = Prim.Types.Principal

Internet Computer principal identifiers. Convert to Blob for access to bytes.

Value fromActor​

let fromActor : (a : actor {  }) -> Principal

Conversion.

Value toBlob​

let toBlob : (p : Principal) -> Blob

Conversion.

Value fromBlob​

let fromBlob : (b : Blob) -> Principal

Conversion.

Function toText​

func toText(p : Principal) : Text

Conversion.

Function isAnonymous​

func isAnonymous(p : Principal) : Bool

Function hash​

func hash(principal : Principal) : Hash.Hash

Function fromText​

func fromText(t : Text) : Principal

Function equal​

func equal(x : Principal, y : Principal) : Bool

Returns x == y.

Function notEqual​

func notEqual(x : Principal, y : Principal) : Bool

Returns x != y.

Function less​

func less(x : Principal, y : Principal) : Bool

Returns x < y.

Function lessOrEqual​

func lessOrEqual(x : Principal, y : Principal) : Bool

Returns x <= y.

Function greater​

func greater(x : Principal, y : Principal) : Bool

Returns x > y.

Function greaterOrEqual​

func greaterOrEqual(x : Principal, y : Principal) : Bool

Returns x >= y.

Function compare​

func compare(x : Principal, y : Principal) : {#less; #equal; #greater}

Returns the order of x and y.