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I am using ethers.js I can't figure out how do you convert a bignumber like 1252500000000000000 to 125.25

-Mike

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I was able to use ethers.utils.formatEther( value ) ⇒ string to convert back to readable.

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    Notice that this assumes you are formatting a number with 18 decimals (like eth itself, or most ERC20 tokens). If you wanted to format a token with a different number of decimals (like USDC, which has 6), you need to use ethers.utils.formatUnits(value, 6). formatEther is a shorthand for formatUnits(value, 18).
    – Franco Victorio
    Jun 10, 2021 at 12:53
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    I have a number that shows as 512 in the etherscan. 0.000000000000000512
    – dcsan
    Oct 31, 2021 at 19:21
  • current the above returns a tiny number, is there a way to convert a uInt? now i'm doing this: Math.round(parseFloat(str) * (10 ** 18))
    – dcsan
    Oct 31, 2021 at 19:22
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const BigNumber = require('bignumber.js');

let num=new BigNumber(1252500000000000000)
let denom = new BigNumber(10).pow(16)
let ans = num.dividedBy(denom).toNumber()
console.log(ans)

Hope this explains your question.For further info,refer https://mikemcl.github.io/bignumber.js/

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  • This returns NaN
    – LiveWire
    Jun 5, 2021 at 4:23
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    I use web3js for above snippet.Sorry i didn't notice etherjs in your question earlier
    – kappa
    Jun 5, 2021 at 7:11

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