Read data from VIEW function on deployed contract

Question

I'm trying to read some data from VIEW function on already deployed contract using my own smart contract. The function is standart "balanceOf(address)" of ERC20 token. I can read this data using etherscan web interface and no transaction required for this action, but I can't find the way to do the same using smart contract. I have this code (let's assume I have no source code of deployed smart contract, so I'm using abi.encode):

pragma solidity ^0.5.15;

contract Test  {

   address dc = 0xaD6D458402F60fD3Bd25163575031ACDce07538D; //ropsten network ERC20 token address
   uint number;
   event Log(uint256 number, bytes b);


    function balanceOf(address _val) public {
      bool status;
      bytes memory b;
      (status, b) = dc.staticcall(abi.encodePacked(bytes4(keccak256("balanceOf(address)")), _val));
        emit Log(number, b);
    }}

but each time in Event Logs I see the same four numbers: 0 64 32 0

I tried to use staticcall, delegatedcall and call with no success. Can anyone suggest how can I read data from VIEW function?

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you know the function-signature, then you don't need the source code of the smart-contract.

For example:

contract IERC20 {
    function balanceOf(address) public view returns (uint256);
}

contract Test {
    IERC20 dc = IERC20(0xaD6D458402F60fD3Bd25163575031ACDce07538D);

    function balanceOf(address _val) public view returns (uint256) {
        return dc.balanceOf(_val);
    }
}