Solidity conversion failure from address into uint256

I made an array containing structs, then attempted to retrieve each account's values from that array. But passing an address variable holding msg.sender failed with that array because its type apparently cannot convert to uint256. What is the way to accomplish this?

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anselm19 Aug

An explicit cast is possible:

uint256 accountNumber = uint256(msg.sender);

function encodeAccount(address account) constant returns (uint256) {
  return uint256(account);
}

brin4015 Oct

Starting with Solidity v0.8, an explicit conversion directly from address into uint256 is no longer allowed.

The replacement is:

uint256 accountNumber = uint256(uint160(msg.sender));

function encodeAccount(address account) internal pure returns (uint256) {
    return uint256(uint160(account));
}

han_seo10 hours ago Permalink
Before Solidity v0.8.0 this form was allowed:
```
pragma <0.8.0;

return address(toUint(entry));
```
From Solidity v0.8.0 onward use this instead:
```
pragma ^0.8.0

return address(uint160(toUint(entry)));
```
- Reference material
address(uint) and uint(address): these change width and type-category together. Use address(uint160(uint) and uint(uint160(address)) in their respective places instead.

consult Solidity Documentation, v0.8.0 breaking changes

Solidity conversion failure from address into uint256

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