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I setup a private chain and deploy an erc20 contract. I tried sending transaction of balanceOf and can get nothing but a transaction number as the return value. how can i get the balance of erc20 on geth console? My code is given below FYI

var contract = eth.contract(abi).at(eth.accounts[0])
contract.balanceOf.sendTransaction(eth.accounts[0],{from:eth.accounts[0],gas:60000})
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  • You need to call the function, rather than send a transaction. I'm not sure what programming language you're using, so it's hard to help further.
    – user19510
    Jul 11 '18 at 6:10
  • Consider sharing your existing code.
    – user19510
    Jul 11 '18 at 6:11
  • @smarx I paste my code . I also tried call balanceOf locally, the return value is 0.
    – user41635
    Jul 11 '18 at 6:24
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(i'm gonna assume that you are using the web3.js... since that's what your snippet looks like.)

checking the balance doesn't require you to send a transaction

just use

contract.balanceOf(myaddress)

and it should give you the balance of the token for your address (eth.accounts[0])

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  • As an alternative, contract.balanceOf.call(myAddress) should work. (Using neither sendTransaction or call lets web3.js choose the right thing for you, but it's okay to be explicit.)
    – user19510
    Jul 11 '18 at 6:35

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