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toWei() function

Convert a decimal Ether amount (ETH) to its smallest unit (wei) as a BigNumber.

Signature:

export declare function toWei(amount: string): BigNumber;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
amount	string	The decimal Ether amount to be converted to wei.

Returns:

BigNumber

{BigNumber} The converted wei amount as a BigNumber instance.

Example

const decimalAmount = "0.01"; const weiAmount = toWei(decimalAmount); console.log(weiAmount.toString()); // "10000000000000000"