Understanding the Run tab

The Run tab in the Remix IDE is mostly used for deploying the contract and accessing the functions of a contract. Using this tab, you can do the following operations:

  • Choose the VM environment to connect with
  • Deploy a new contract
  • Attach the code to an already-deployed contract
  • Change EOA accounts to use or initiate transactions with
  • Set transaction parameters
  • Access and call the public and external functions present in the contract
  • Access public state variables

As shown in the following screenshot, the Run tab looks like this and has different sub-sections to use:

The Remix IDE Run tab

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