Standard Library Doesn't return connected Algorand public address about reach-lang HOT 5 CLOSED

Thanks @KBryan . I've assigned @DanBurton to work on "Implement formatAddress to turn a NetworkAccount into the way accounts are formatted for the given network".

In Reach's JavaScript support --- Address is represented by an internal NetworkAccount (see: https://docs.reach.sh/ref-frontends-js-types.html ) which on Algorand is just the public key, which you see displayed there. However, it is typical for people to not think of their public key as their address, but instead to write out the base32 encoding of the public key AND a checksum. You can see this in this function of the Algorand JS SDK --- https://github.com/algorand/js-algorand-sdk/blob/fd187cedab70cb123333ba62ca3e6fe98c1e7d3d/src/encoding/address.ts#L94-L110

Basically, we will make it so that Reach has a way to "format for user consumption" an address, just like we have formatCurrency.

Thanks again!

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Sounds good, will keep this issue open until the solution mentioned has been implemented and tested.

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There is a new stdlib function, formatAddress, that is available for this. It accepts an Account, NetworkAccount, or an Address, and formats it in the network-specific way users expect to see it.

https://docs.reach.sh/ref-frontends-js-utils.html#%28javascript._%28%28format.Address%29%29%29

Available as of @reach-sh/[email protected]

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Ok, are there any test cases for this?

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If you're curious:
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