Signa and Planck

the basic token (coin) on signum is called signa (ticker signa) one signa can be divided into up to eight decimals places the smallest possible unit is called planck, i e 1 planck = 0 00000001 signa (1^10 8) 1 signa = 100,000,000 planck the docid\ yynxycqblmbwflxzom4c6 always returns the values in planck, and their fields are always denominated with the suffix nqt see an example https //europe signum network/api doc/index html#get /api requesttype getaccount to facilitate the calculations signumjs provides the value object calls amount https //signum network github io/signumjs/classes/util amount html and allows to convert and calculate between signa and planck const {amount} = require("@signumjs/util"); console log('one signa is', amount fromsigna(1 0) getplanck(), 'planck') console log('one planck is', amount fromplanck(1) getsigna(), 'signa') console log('10 signa + 245,000 planck =', amount fromsigna(10) add(amount fromplanck(245000)) getsigna(), 'signa') console log('10 signa + 245,000 planck =', amount fromsigna(10) add(amount fromplanck(245000)) getplanck(), 'planck') console log('50,000 planck 16 =', amount fromplanck(50 000) multiply(16) getsigna(), 'signa') console log('2 signa < 40,000 planck is ', amount fromsigna(2) less(amount fromplanck(40 000))) // mind that multiply, add, subtract and divide mutates the value object const mutatedvalue = amount fromsigna(1) mutatedvalue add(amount fromsigna(2 65)) console log('value is', mutatedvalue getsigna()) javascript is pretty bad at numeric precision, i e the maximum integer number is 2^53 1 and has infamous precision on floating point numbers signumjs uses https //mikemcl github io/bignumber js/ to guarantee precise calculations this is the reason you should always use amount (and chainvalue) when calculating numbers