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How do I get the decimals of an erc20 contract when the decimals variable is not there?

Ethereum Asked by Dylan Kerler on October 24, 2020

What is the best practice for doing this?

In the ERC20 standard having a public decimals: uint256 is marked as optional.
But obviously you cannot display a token balance in the UI without having the decimals.

So how should I handle the case where the decimals field is not there? Should I just assume the contract implements 18 decimals?

What is the standard here? Is it safe to say that 95% of contracts implement the decimals variable?

One Answer

The concept of decimals is purely for user-friendliness - inside the blockchain there are no decimals. That's why it's optional.

If there are no decimals then you simply display what the token amount inside the contract shows - things get easier than with decimals. So it behaves like decimals was 0.

This concept is rather confusing for many people. You can read more for example here: https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/a/72481/31933

Answered by Lauri Peltonen on October 24, 2020

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