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---
id: tezos-specific
title: Tezos Domain-Specific Operations
---
LIGO is a programming language for writing Tezos smart contracts. It
would be a little odd if it did not have any Tezos specific
functions. This page will tell you about them.
## Pack and Unpack
Michelson provides the `PACK` and `UNPACK` instructions for data
serialization. The instruction `PACK` converts Michelson data
structures into a binary format, and `UNPACK` reverses that
transformation. This functionality can be accessed from within LIGO.
> ⚠️ `PACK` and `UNPACK` are Michelson instructions that are intended
> to be used by people that really know what they are doing. There are
> several risks and failure cases, such as unpacking a lambda from an
> untrusted source, and most of which are beyond the scope of this
> document. Do not use these functions without doing your homework
> first.
<!--DOCUSAURUS_CODE_TABS-->
<!--PascaLIGO-->
```pascaligo group=a
function id_string (const p : string) : option (string) is block {
const packed : bytes = bytes_pack (p)
} with (bytes_unpack (packed): option (string))
```
<!--CameLIGO-->
```cameligo group=a
let id_string (p : string) : string option =
let packed: bytes = Bytes.pack p in
(Bytes.unpack packed : string option)
```
<!--ReasonLIGO-->
```reasonligo group=a
let id_string = (p : string) : option (string) => {
let packed : bytes = Bytes.pack (p);
(Bytes.unpack(packed) : option (string));
};
```
<!--END_DOCUSAURUS_CODE_TABS-->
## Hashing Keys
It is often desirable to hash a public key. In Michelson, certain data
structures such as maps will not allow the use of the `key` type. Even
if this were not the case, hashes are much smaller than keys, and
storage on blockchains comes at a cost premium. You can hash keys with
a predefined functions returning a value of type `key_hash`.
<!--DOCUSAURUS_CODE_TABS-->
<!--PascaLIGO-->
```pascaligo group=b
function check_hash_key (const kh1 : key_hash; const k2 : key) : bool * key_hash is
block {
var ret : bool := False;
var kh2 : key_hash := crypto_hash_key (k2);
if kh1 = kh2 then ret := True else skip
} with (ret, kh2)
```
<!--CameLIGO-->
```cameligo group=b
let check_hash_key (kh1, k2 : key_hash * key) : bool * key_hash =
let kh2 : key_hash = Crypto.hash_key k2 in
if kh1 = kh2 then true, kh2 else false, kh2
```
<!--ReasonLIGO-->
```reasonligo group=b
let check_hash_key = ((kh1, k2) : (key_hash, key)) : (bool, key_hash) => {
let kh2 : key_hash = Crypto.hash_key(k2);
if (kh1 == kh2) { (true, kh2); } else { (false, kh2); }
};
```
<!--END_DOCUSAURUS_CODE_TABS-->
## Checking Signatures
Sometimes a contract will want to check that a message has been signed
by a particular key. For example, a point-of-sale system might want a
customer to sign a transaction so it can be processed
asynchronously. You can do this in LIGO using the `key` and
`signature` types.
> ⚠️ There is no way to *generate* a signed message in LIGO. This is
> because that would require storing a private key on chain, at which
> point it is not... private anymore.
<!--DOCUSAURUS_CODE_TABS-->
<!--PascaLIGO-->
```pascaligo group=c
function check_signature
(const pk : key;
const signed : signature;
const msg : bytes) : bool
is crypto_check (pk, signed, msg)
```
<!--CameLIGO-->
```cameligo group=c
let check_signature (pk, signed, msg : key * signature * bytes) : bool =
Crypto.check pk signed msg
```
<!--ReasonLIGO-->
```reasonligo group=c
let check_signature =
((pk, signed, msg) : (key, signature, bytes)) : bool => {
Crypto.check (pk, signed, msg);
};
```
<!--END_DOCUSAURUS_CODE_TABS-->
## Contract's Own Address
Often you want to get the address of the contract being executed. You
can do it with `self_address`.
> ⚠️ Due to limitations in Michelson, `self_address` in a contract is
> only allowed at the entrypoint level, that is, at the
> top-level. Using it in an embedded function will cause an error.
<!--DOCUSAURUS_CODE_TABS-->
<!--PascaLIGO-->
```pascaligo group=d
const current_addr : address = self_address
```
<!--CameLIGO-->
```cameligo group=d
let current_addr : address = Current.self_address
```
<!--ReasonLIGO-->
```reasonligo group=d
let current_addr : address = Current.self_address;
```
<!--END_DOCUSAURUS_CODE_TABS-->