toWei

Callable

• toWei(number: Numbers, unit: number | noether | wei | kwei | Kwei | babbage | femtoether | mwei | Mwei | lovelace | picoether | gwei | Gwei | shannon | nanoether | nano | szabo | microether | micro | finney | milliether | milli | ether | kether | grand | mether | gether | tether): string

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• Takes a number of a unit and converts it to wei.

  @example

  console.log(web3.utils.toWei("0.001", "ether"));
  > 1000000000000000 //(wei)

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  Parameters

  • number: Numbers

    The number to convert.

  • unit: number | noether | wei | kwei | Kwei | babbage | femtoether | mwei | Mwei | lovelace | picoether | gwei | Gwei | shannon | nanoether | nano | szabo | microether | micro | finney | milliether | milli | ether | kether | grand | mether | gether | tether

    EtherUnits The unit of the number passed.

  Returns string

  The number converted to wei.