Is there any way to abi-encode calldata to pass to `account.execute`? Also is `contract.invoke` going to be deprecated in the future? IIRC <> mentioned something related to that at the meetup.

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Is there any way to abi-encode calldata to pass to `account.execute`? 

Hi, is there no way for me to have a struct as a `@storage_var` if it contains an array fo felts inside ?

For e.g. if I have a struct User:
```
struct User{
  values_len: felt ,
  VALUES: felt*,
}
```

Then I need to store a mapping from User Id to Users, is it not possible ?

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Is there no way for me to have a struct as a `@storage_var` if it contains an array fo felts inside ?

How do I get the function selector or the hash from the function name in Cairo?


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Cairo: Getting function selector

Hello! This is day 3 of the 17 days of the Cairo Challenge. And I have no idea how to solve the [playground](https://www.cairo-lang.org/playground/) exercise “Conditionals”. Perhaps you can help me?

```python
// The function `abs_eq` should return 1 if its inputs
// are equal or differ only in sign and 0 otherwise.
// Its current implementation is incorrect.
//
// 1. Click on "Run" to see where it fails.
// 2. Fix the body of `abs_eq`, so that the
//    program terminates successfully.

// Returns 1 if |x| = |y| (that is, x = y or x = -y),
// 0 otherwise.
func abs_eq(x: felt, y: felt) -> (bit: felt) {
    if (x == -y) {
        return (bit=1);
    } else {
        return (bit=0);
    }
}

func main() {
    let (bit) = abs_eq(2, -2);
    assert bit = 1;

    let (bit) = abs_eq(2, 3);
    assert bit = 0;

    let (bit) = abs_eq(2, 2);
    assert bit = 1;

    return ();
}
```

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How to make conditional expressions if..then..else in Cairo lang?

Given an array of elements [2,3,4] I want to be able to get the squared summation of the individual elements, 2^2 + 3^2 + 4^2.


How can I achieve this?


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Cairo: Getting the squared summation of felts in an array

I'm currently trying to transpile an ERC 721 contract I have that uses openzeppelin libraries, is that possible?

Is memory immutable in Cairo? In what situations is it and in what situations is it not?


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Immutable Memory in Cairo

Hello! This is day 13 of the 17 days of the Cairo Challenge. And I have no idea how to solve the [playground](https://www.cairo-lang.org/playground/) exercise “Pedersen Hash”.  Perhaps you can help me?

```
// The following code implements a Pedersen hash chain.
// Given the [Pedersen hash](https://docs.starkware.co/starkex-docs/crypto/pedersen-hash-function) function `H`, which
// takes two field elements and returns one representing their hash,
// a hash chain on inputs x_0, x_1, ..., x_n is the result of
// H(H(...H(H(x_0, x_1), x_2), ...,x_{n-1}), x_n)
// For example, the hash chain of (1, 2, 3, 4) is H(H(H(1, 2), 3), 4).
//
// Fix the function `hash_chain` to correctly implement the
// hash chain. Run your code to test it.
//
// Note: Don't use starkware.cairo.common.hash_chain (it computes the chain differently).

// Use the Pedersen builtin.
%builtins pedersen

from starkware.cairo.common.alloc import alloc
from starkware.cairo.common.cairo_builtins import HashBuiltin
from starkware.cairo.common.hash import hash2

// Computes the Pedersen hash chain on an array of size `length` starting from `data_ptr`.
func hash_chain{hash_ptr: HashBuiltin*}(data_ptr: felt*, length: felt) -> (result: felt) {
    if (length == 2) {
        let (result) = hash2(x=[data_ptr], y=[data_ptr + 1]);
        return (result=result);
    } else {
        // Fix here:
        return (result=123456);
    }
}

func main{pedersen_ptr: HashBuiltin*}() {
    alloc_locals;
    // Allocate a new array.
    let (local data_ptr: felt*) = alloc();
    // Fill the new array with field elements.
    assert [data_ptr] = 314;
    assert [data_ptr + 1] = 159;
    // Run the hash chain.
    let (result) = hash_chain{hash_ptr=pedersen_ptr}(data_ptr=data_ptr, length=2);
    // Check the result.
    assert result = 307958720726328212653290369969069617958360335228383070119367204176047090109;

    // Fill two more cells in the array.
    assert [data_ptr + 2] = 265;
    assert [data_ptr + 3] = 358;
    // Compute the hash chain on all four cells.
    let (result) = hash_chain{hash_ptr=pedersen_ptr}(data_ptr=data_ptr, length=4);
    assert result = 1828757374677754028678056220799392919487521050857166686061558043629802016816;
    return ();
}
```

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