utils.BN.md

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Class: BN

utils.BN

class used for big numbers manipulation

example:

const one = new BN(1);
const two = new BN('2');

// work above Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER limit
const maxSafeInteger = new BN(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER);
const maxSafeIntegerPlusOne = maxSafeInteger.add(one);

Hierarchy

• BN

  ↳ BN

Table of contents

Constructors

• constructor

Constructors

constructor

• new BN(number, base?, endian?): BN

Parameters

Name	Type
number	string | number | Buffer | Uint8Array | BN | number[]
base?	number | "hex"
endian?	Endianness

Returns

BN

Inherited from

BNJS.constructor

• new BN(number, endian?): BN

Parameters

Name	Type
number	string | number | Buffer | Uint8Array | BN | number[]
endian?	Endianness

Returns

BN

Inherited from

BNJS.constructor