How to convert an account_name to a string?

Question

I need to be able to convert a name/account_name to a string for some processing in my smart contract. I have found and used the string_to_name function for converting in the other direction, but cannot find an equivalent to the name_to_string function. I saw a reference to name having a to_string() method, but the compiler disagreed with its existence and threw errors.

What function is available to perform this conversion?

Answer 1

Use the name struct. 'name' is defined in types.hpp.

For example, if you have the variable user of type account_name, you can print the user as follows:

auto n = name{user};
print("Hello, ", n);

std::string str = n.to_string();