web3js - "new BigNumber() not a base 16 number: " error after making function that compares strings

Question

I have a contract that I've been able to successfully make web3 calls on. However, after adding this function to a new version of the contract:

function removeDevice(address owner, string dev_addr)public{
    delete registeredTo[dev_addr];
    for(uint i = 0; i < ownership[owner].length;i++){
        if(keccak256(ownership[owner][i].device_address) == keccak256(dev_addr)){         
            ownership[owner][i] = ownership[owner][ownership[owner].length-1];
            delete postedItems[owner][postedItems[owner].length-1];
            postedItems[owner].length--;
            break;
        }
    }
}

Every function that sends data to the contract generates a "new BigNumber() not a base 16 number: " error, and fails.

ownership[owner][i].device_address and dev_addr are both strings, and I assume the error is being generated by the comparison of the two, since other functions in my contract do similar operations without issue. I have also double-checked to make sure that I'm using the correct contract address and ABI, and I am using version 0.4.21 of Solidity, which appears to be the most up-to-date version, so I am certain that the issue stems from this block of code; I just cannot figure out how to go about fixing it.

Answer 1

Found the issue. My updated contract wasn't executing on the blockchain because the gas requirement was bigger than what was being provided. It is kind of weird that web3 generates TypeErrors when the root of the issue is having no contract to call on, but that's what was happening.