Unhandled Rejection (Error): invalid string value (arg=“x”, coderType=“string”, value=5)

Question

Using Truffle unbox react to unbox a boilerplate.

received the following error from running npm run start

Changes:

• Addition of "memory" parameters in the simpleStorage.sol
• Changed unit to string in the simpleStorage.sol
• Adjusted port address to "7545" to match Ganache's port.
• Changed truffle-config to truffle.js for mac

Other than those changes, the boilerplate is still pretty much barebones.

Attempts for a solution:

• Uninstalled and reinstalled -g and local truffle
• Attempted multiple solutions for pragma requiring specific compiler to no avail. <- (I am sure this is probably the problem. However, me not being able to find this error searching all day tells me it could be something else before I even get to that.)
• Attempted brew re-installation & updates from solc docs.
• Updated Ganache to latest v.
• Attempted optimizer & versions properties suggested for the compiler object in truffle.js.
• Attempted complete wipes and resets and following the documentations for truffle unbox react documentation's step by step instead of other guides.

I would post the code, but literally re-attempting from a clean slate 3-4 times with most of these methods repeatedly already labels this code as barebones besides the subtle changes I listed.

Answer 1

My answer to this after having the latest Truffle framework and Solidity I did the following:

• I had to manually update pragma versions for the default truffle unbox react .sol files.

• Create a compiler object within the truffle.js (mac) or truffle-config.js (Windows naming convention.) for version control.

• Make sure to check JSON files for compiler versions. I double check after creating a compiler object for the truffle configuration to make sure. (Its a bit extra, but all considerations of the support on this growing industry.)

Apart of the big confusion here to beware of is plug-ins. VS Code Solidity

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=JuanBlanco.solidity

I will have to get on gitter to inform him of the possible bug too. Beware as well other solidity plug-ins sometimes mentions a fork off of Juan Blanco's original plug-in.