Type conversions
At several points in SparqNet's code, raw bytes are used instead of hex strings, but both are treated as
std::string, which can be confusing for whoever prints a "string" and gets incoherent values instead of a "Hello World".If this happens, place the variable that has said data in the function
Utils::bytesToHex() in case of a raw bytes string, or Utils::hexToBytes() in case of a hex string. Example:
Hex data("0x1234567890abcdef");
std::string bytes = data.bytes();
Hex hex = Hex::fromBytes(bytes);
std::cout << data << std::endl;
std::cout << bytes << std::endl;
std::cout << hex << std::endl;
To convert integers to bytes and vice-versa, you should use the functions
Utils::uintXToBytes() and Utils::bytesToUintX(), respectively. "X" is the integer size in bits - it can be 8, 16, 32, 64, 160 or 256.Example:
uint64_t timestampOri = 1234567890;
std::string timestampBytes = Utils::uint64ToBytes(timestampOri);
Hex timestampHex = Hex::fromBytes(timestampBytes);
uint64_t timestampNew = Utils::bytesToUint64(timestampHex);
std::cout << timestampOri << std::endl;
std::cout << timestampBytes << std::endl;
std::cout << timestampHex << std::endl;
std::cout << timestampNew << std::endl;
Alternatively, there are other helper functions:
Utils::uintToHex()works with anyuint, without having to know its size, e.g.Utils::uintToHex(32).Utils::hexToUint()works the same way, but it only returns 256-bit integers.- You can use the
HexTostruct along withboost::lexical_castto convert a hex string to other types:
std::string hex = "0x37285422";uint256_t bigInt = boost::lexical_cast<HexTo<uint256_t>>(hex);Last modified 3mo ago