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Addresses come in two flavors, named or numerical. The syntax for a named address follows the same
rules for any named identifier in Move. The syntax of a numerical address is not restricted to
hex-encoded values, and any valid [`u256` numerical value](./integers.md) can be used as an address
value, e.g., `42`, `0xCAFE`, and `10_000` are all valid numerical address literals.
value, e.g., `42`, `0xCAFE`, and `10_000` are all valid numerical address literals.(Since wallet
addresses are generally in hexadecimal format, we usually use hexadecimal. It is important to note
that if the address is represented as a regular u256 number, it needs to be converted to hexadecimal
to become the commonly used address. For example, the address corresponding to 42 is 0x2a. This is
something beginners need to pay attention to.)

To distinguish when an address is being used in an expression context or not, the syntax when using
an address differs depending on the context where it's used:
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