Cannot read property 'hexToAscii' of undefined

Question

deployedContract.deploy({
  data: bytecode,
  arguments: [listOfCandidates.map(name => web3.utils.hexToAscii(Rama))]
}).send({
  from: '0xfb9286cde20bbd5ed60ee3bb156f9d9938c5b151',
  gas: 1500000,
  gasPrice: web3.utils.toWei('0.00003', 'ether')
}).then((newContractInstance) => {
  deployedContract.options.address = newContractInstance.options.address
  console.log(newContractInstance.options.address)
});

TypeError: Cannot read property 'hexToAscii' of undefined
  at deployedContract.deploy.arguments.listOfCandidates.map.name (repl:3:55)
  at Array.map (<anonymous>)

Answer 1

You're most likely using Web3 0.x, while web3.utils.hexToAscii() is a Web3 1.0 syntax. The equivalent for Web3 0.x would be web3.toAscii().