How would you call a contract method that takes Enum type via hardhat?

Question

In your contract, if you have method that receives an Enum type, how would you pass the arguments from hardhat script?

contract SomeContract {

enum WinStatus {
    PENDING,
    LOST,
    WON
}

WinStatus status;

function updateWinStatus(WinStatus _status) public {
   status = _status;
}
}

// in your hardhat script
...
await someContract.updateWinStatus() // how should i call it. bare in mind hardhat is setup using  javascript not typescript in my case. 

i tried passing a number, hoping it will get it by order(index). But I am getting 'invalid BigNumber value'. Also, I tried passing a string like "PENDING" or "WinType.PENDING" :thinking:

Answer 1

Javascript natively doesn't support very large numbers (up to the uint256 type supported in Solidity), so Ethers.js (included in Hardhat) accepts a BigNumber instance instead.

const myNumber = ethers.BigNumber.from("0") // pass the numeric value as a string
await someContract.updateWinStatus(myNumber) // pass the BigNumber instance