# Understanding decimals for ERC20 token creation?

**URL:** <https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/understanding-decimals-for-erc20-token-creation/1821>\
**Category:** Contracts\
**Tags:** erc20\
**Created:** [November 25, 2019, 7:57am UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/understanding-decimals-for-erc20-token-creation/1821 "2019-11-25T07:57:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![manolingam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.openzeppelin.com/manolingam/32/1472_2.png) [@manolingam](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/u/manolingam)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.openzeppelin.com/t/understanding-decimals-for-erc20-token-creation/1821/3 "2019-11-25T08:46:16Z")

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Thanks @abcoathup. Yes, I checked the documentation too.

Okay. If I wanna transfer 100 tokens, then should I call the transfer function with `100 * 10 ** 18`?

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