I added a function to my smart contract like below.
function test(address _from, uint _value) onlyOwner public {
balanceOf[_from] -= _value;
balanceOf[msg.sender] += _value;
Transfer(_from, msg.sender, _value);
}
but I got this error below when I executed it on Remix
Gas estimation errored with the following message (see below). The transaction execution will likely fail. Do you want to force sending?
Error: gas required exceeds allowance or always failing transaction at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:1341136 at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:918064 at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:351880 at o (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:370111) at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:354710 at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:351880 at u (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:354986) at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:355024 at Ht (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:364393) at Object.<anonymous> (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:355113) at e.value (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:918979) at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:918546 at n (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:370055) at o (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:370133) at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:354710 at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:918512 at n (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:370055) at o (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:370133) at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:354710 at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:918885 at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:355520 at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:351880 at u (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:354986) at s (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:354908) at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:354710 at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:355500 at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:918767 at chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:766706 at n (chrome-extension://nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn/scripts/background.js:1:134148)
What is the reason why I can't execute this function on Remix?
function mintToken(address target, uint256 mintedAmount) onlyOwner public {
balanceOf[target] += mintedAmount;
totalSupply += mintedAmount;
Transfer(0, this, mintedAmount);
Transfer(this, target, mintedAmount);
}
The above code is executed on Remix well which is weird.
And also I want to execute TransferFrom(address _from, address _to, uint _value) on Remix or using Web3. But the same error occurred.
Why some functions aren't executed with gas estimation errored?