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Learn Anchor through practical examples. The Anchor repository contains numerous example programs demonstrating different features and patterns.

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Basic examples

Basic-0

Simple counter program with initialize and increment instructions

Basic-1

Multiple accounts and data types

Basic-2

Account validation and constraints

Basic-3

Authority checks and access control

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Intermediate examples

Escrow

Token escrow with PDA vault

CPI

Cross-program invocations and return values

Events

Emitting and listening to events

Errors

Custom error handling

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Advanced examples

Zero Copy

High-performance account deserialization

Declare Program

Type-safe external program integration

IDL

IDL generation and parsing

Custom Discriminator

Custom account and instruction discriminators

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Token programs

Cashiers Check

Token transfers with time locks

Lockup

Vesting and token lockups

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Running examples

Clone the repository and run any example: 
git clone https://github.com/solana-foundation/anchor
cd anchor/tests/<example-name>
anchor test

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Example structure

Each example typically includes:
  • programs/: The Rust program code
  • tests/: TypeScript tests demonstrating usage
  • Anchor.toml: Project configuration

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