Solidity

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Overview

Solidity is a contract-oriented, high-level programming language for creating smart contracts. It was influenced by C++, Python, and JavaScript and is designed to target the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) environments. Solidity is statically typed, supports inheritance, and libraries. It allows developers to create smart contracts for a wide range of use cases and applications. Key features of Solidity include:

• Complex user-defined types
• Inheritance and complex user-defined contracts
• Error checking, including requirements and assertions
• Support for libraries and user-defined functions
• Strong security features that ensure contract integrity.

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Example Contract

The Greeter contract shown below is written with Solidity v0.8.0. Greeter serves two functions:

• Store a greeting on-chain.
• Return the greeting when the contract function is called.

It also contains a function for users to set a new greeting of their choice. While the Greeter contract may be simple, it showcases some of the unique functionality that smart contracts offer.

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.0;

contract Greeter {
    string private greeting;

    function greet() public view returns (string memory) {
        return greeting;
    }

    function setGreeting(string memory _greeting) public {
        console.log("Changing greeting from '%s' to '%s'", greeting, _greeting);
        greeting = _greeting;
    }
}

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