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# Associated Token Account

Unlike a random token account, an associated token account (ATA) is calculated by SOL's address.

You can get an ATA like this

```go
ata, _, err := common.FindAssociatedTokenAddress(alice.PublicKey, mintPubkey)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("find ata error, err: %v", err)
}
fmt.Println("ata:", ata.ToBase58())
```

It always return the same result if you pass the same `owner` and `mint`

Then here is the instruction:

### Associated Token Program

```go
assotokenprog.CreateAssociatedTokenAccount(assotokenprog.CreateAssociatedTokenAccountParam{
	Funder:                 feePayer.PublicKey,
	Owner:                  alice.PublicKey,
	Mint:                   mintPubkey,
	AssociatedTokenAccount: ata,
}),
```

`Funder` is the person will pay the account's init balance

`Owner` is the owner of token account.

`Mint` is the mint which the token account will hold.

`AssociatedTokenAccount` is the result which returned by `FindAssociatedTokenAddress`

```go
package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/portto/solana-go-sdk/client"
	"github.com/portto/solana-go-sdk/common"
	"github.com/portto/solana-go-sdk/program/assotokenprog"
	"github.com/portto/solana-go-sdk/rpc"
	"github.com/portto/solana-go-sdk/types"
)

var feePayer, _ = types.AccountFromBytes([]byte{178, 244, 76, 4, 247, 41, 113, 40, 111, 103, 12, 76, 195, 4, 100, 123, 88, 226, 37, 56, 209, 180, 92, 77, 39, 85, 78, 202, 121, 162, 88, 29, 125, 155, 223, 107, 139, 223, 229, 82, 89, 209, 27, 43, 108, 205, 144, 2, 74, 159, 215, 57, 198, 4, 193, 36, 161, 50, 160, 119, 89, 240, 102, 184})

var alice, _ = types.AccountFromBytes([]byte{196, 114, 86, 165, 59, 177, 63, 87, 43, 10, 176, 101, 225, 42, 129, 158, 167, 43, 81, 214, 254, 28, 196, 158, 159, 64, 55, 123, 48, 211, 78, 166, 127, 96, 107, 250, 152, 133, 208, 224, 73, 251, 113, 151, 128, 139, 86, 80, 101, 70, 138, 50, 141, 153, 218, 110, 56, 39, 122, 181, 120, 55, 86, 185})

var mintPubkey = common.PublicKeyFromString("29oPCpWj6QiXEipwtmXPrDJAR2P29Z6wHKpHRxEsbnSr")

func main() {
	c := client.NewClient(rpc.LocalnetRPCEndpoint)

	ata, _, err := common.FindAssociatedTokenAddress(alice.PublicKey, mintPubkey)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("find ata error, err: %v", err)
	}
	fmt.Println("ata:", ata.ToBase58())

	res, err := c.GetRecentBlockhash(context.Background())
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("get recent block hash error, err: %v\n", err)
	}
	tx, err := types.NewTransaction(types.NewTransactionParam{
		Message: types.NewMessage(types.NewMessageParam{
			FeePayer:        feePayer.PublicKey,
			RecentBlockhash: res.Blockhash,
			Instructions: []types.Instruction{
				assotokenprog.CreateAssociatedTokenAccount(assotokenprog.CreateAssociatedTokenAccountParam{
					Funder:                 feePayer.PublicKey,
					Owner:                  alice.PublicKey,
					Mint:                   mintPubkey,
					AssociatedTokenAccount: ata,
				}),
			},
		}),
		Signers: []types.Account{feePayer},
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("generate tx error, err: %v\n", err)
	}

	txhash, err := c.SendTransaction(context.Background(), tx)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("send raw tx error, err: %v\n", err)
	}

	log.Println("txhash:", txhash)
}

```