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formatEther

formatEther(wei, unit?): string

Converts numerical wei to a string representation of ether.

Parameters

wei: bigint

unit?: "wei" | "gwei"

Returns

string

Example

import { formatEther } from 'viem'
formatEther(1000000000000000000n)
// '1'

Defined in

node_modules/.pnpm/viem@2.14.2_bufferutil@4.0.8_typescript@5.5.2_utf-8-validate@6.0.4_zod@3.23.8/node_modules/viem/_types/utils/unit/formatEther.d.ts:14