Convert big number to regular number

Question

I call

let inst = contract.deployed()

and then on inst I can then call

mybn = units.then(function(inst) {return inst.getBN()}

mybn looks like this

BN { negative: 0, words: [ 1, <1 empty item> ], length: 1, red: null }

and if I run mybn.toNumber() I get the error letting me know mybn.toNumber is not a function

What is units? Is it a promise? It might be that mybn is not a BN but a promise instead, using await should resolve it. — Ismael, Feb 25 '20 at 05:18
Here it is explained well enough. https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/a/29610/50610 — Miroslav Nedelchev, Feb 25 '20 at 05:21

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 25 '20 at 04:32

Not sure if this is going to work because I don't understand the question fully. But Please try this.

First you can try using:

web3.utils.isBN(bn)

Then go to the following if it returns true.

var BN = web3.utils.BN;

new BN(1234).toString();

"1234"

new BN('1234').add(new BN('1')).toString();

"1235"

new BN('0xea').toString();

"234"

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