how to get number form ethers.getBalance(addres)?

[tytom2003]

how to get number form ethers.getBalance(addres)?
when i write ethers.getBalance(addres) in js file. Then, i compile it. it result show "BigNumber { _hex: '0x056bab21836e634000', _isBigNumber: true }". How change the result to number?
Thank you very much.

[zemse]

// If account balance is 1 ETH
const balance = await provider.getBalance(address);
console.log(balance.toString()); // prints 100000000000... 18 zeros

// to format the value in a readable format
console.log(ethers.utils.formatEther(balance)); // prints 1.0

You can find more info about BigNumber in the docs.

[ricmoo]

@tytom2003 Do you still have any questions? Or did the link from @zemse help. I would recommend especially checking out the notes near the bottom if you are new to Ethereum development.

[williamoc74]

Hi..

I've used zemse's code above to get the eth balance of a wallet and it's working 100%.

How do I get the balance of a specific token in a wallet, not eth..

Thanks..

[KeerthanaRamalingam]

@williamoc74 You have to call the balanceOf function in the respective token contract.

// Get the token balance 
var result = await contractInstance.balanceOf(walletAddress);

[mkildemaa]

Hi. It seems the balanceOf method has been removed from the contract in the newer ethers versions?

    const ck = new Contract(contractAddress, abi, provider);
    const balance = await ck.balanceOf(walletAddress);

This returns "ck.balanceOf is not a function" although all the other documented functions work correctly.

My ethers version is 5.4.5

[ricmoo]

Contracts do not have a balanceOf method built-in. It is possible your contract had a method called balanceOf, so you should check your ABI.

[mkildemaa]

Thanks for the lightning fast reply! The issue was indeed in my ABI.