<p>You're looking for <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/test/bignum_tests.cpp#L126" rel="nofollow">bignum_tests.cpp</a>:</p>

<pre><code>BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(bignum_SetCompact)
{
    CBigNum num;
    num.SetCompact(0);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "0");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0);

    num.SetCompact(0x00123456);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "0");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0);

    num.SetCompact(0x01123456);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "12");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x01120000);

    // Make sure that we don't generate compacts with the 0x00800000 bit set
    num = 0x80;
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x02008000);

    num.SetCompact(0x01fedcba);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "-7e");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x01fe0000);

    num.SetCompact(0x02123456);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "1234");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x02123400);

    num.SetCompact(0x03123456);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "123456");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x03123456);

    num.SetCompact(0x04123456);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "12345600");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x04123456);

    num.SetCompact(0x04923456);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "-12345600");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x04923456);

    num.SetCompact(0x05009234);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "92340000");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x05009234);

    num.SetCompact(0x20123456);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "1234560000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x20123456);

    num.SetCompact(0xff123456);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "123456000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0xff123456);
}
</code></pre>

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2013-03-01T06:35:30.177Z
2013-03-01T06:35:30.177Z
Nick ODell
<p>I'm trying to convert the JSON-RPC result of a Block's compressed bits property into a C# float with the following constraint</p>

<pre><code> //3  bytes mantissa, the leading byte as exponent (where only the 5 lowest bits are used) and its base is 256
</code></pre>

<p>Is there any sample data I can use to verify my implementation is working?  </p>

<p>A JSON-RPC string, and it's corresponding 256-bit output in Big Endian format would be a great help.</p>

<json-rpc><c#><difficulty>
Looking for unit testing data for Block.Bits to & from a JSON-RPC string
makerofthings7
# Looking for unit testing data for Block.Bits to & from a JSON-RPC string

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-03-01)

I'm trying to convert the JSON-RPC result of a Block's compressed bits property into a C# float with the following constraint

```
 //3  bytes mantissa, the leading byte as exponent (where only the 5 lowest bits are used) and its base is 256

```

Is there any sample data I can use to verify my implementation is working?

A JSON-RPC string, and it's corresponding 256-bit output in Big Endian format would be a great help.

**Tags:** json-rpc, c#, difficulty


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-03-01. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

You're looking for [bignum\_tests.cpp](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/test/bignum_tests.cpp#L126):

```
BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(bignum_SetCompact)
{
    CBigNum num;
    num.SetCompact(0);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "0");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0);

    num.SetCompact(0x00123456);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "0");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0);

    num.SetCompact(0x01123456);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "12");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x01120000);

    // Make sure that we don't generate compacts with the 0x00800000 bit set
    num = 0x80;
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x02008000);

    num.SetCompact(0x01fedcba);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "-7e");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x01fe0000);

    num.SetCompact(0x02123456);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "1234");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x02123400);

    num.SetCompact(0x03123456);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "123456");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x03123456);

    num.SetCompact(0x04123456);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "12345600");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x04123456);

    num.SetCompact(0x04923456);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "-12345600");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x04923456);

    num.SetCompact(0x05009234);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "92340000");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x05009234);

    num.SetCompact(0x20123456);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "1234560000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0x20123456);

    num.SetCompact(0xff123456);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetHex(), "123456000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(num.GetCompact(), 0xff123456);
}

```


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