Function: normalizeIotaAddress()

function normalizeIotaAddress(
   value, 
   forceAdd0x?, 
   validate?): string;

Normalize an IOTA address to ensure consistent format. Perform the following operations:

1. Make the address lower case
2. Prepend 0x if the string does not start with 0x.
3. Add more zeros if the length of the address(excluding 0x) is less than IOTA_ADDRESS_LENGTH

WARNING: if the address value itself starts with 0x, e.g., 0x0x, the default behavior is to treat the first 0x not as part of the address. The default behavior can be overridden by setting forceAdd0x to true

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default value	Description
value	string	undefined	The address to normalize
forceAdd0x	boolean	false	Whether to add 0x prefix without removing any existing 0x prefixes
validate	boolean	false	Whether to validate the return address

Returns

string

The normalized address

Throws

Error if flag validate enabled and the address contains invalid hex characters