// This example demonstrates how to convert a target difficulty into the compact
// "bits" in a block header which represent that target difficulty .
func ExampleBigToCompact() {
// Convert the target difficulty from block 300000 in the main block
// chain to compact form.
t := "0000000000000000896c00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
targetDifficulty, success := new(big.Int).SetString(t, 16)
if !success {
fmt.Println("invalid target difficulty")
return
}
bits := blockchain.BigToCompact(targetDifficulty)
fmt.Println(bits)
// Output:
// 419465580
}
func TestBigToCompact(t *testing.T) {
tests := []struct {
in int64
out uint32
}{
{0, 0},
{-1, 25231360},
}
for x, test := range tests {
n := big.NewInt(test.in)
r := blockchain.BigToCompact(n)
if r != test.out {
t.Errorf("TestBigToCompact test #%d failed: got %d want %d\n",
x, r, test.out)
return
}
}
}