[#arith_uint256-GetCompact]
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Encodes the value into the compact difficulty‐target format described above.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<arith_uint256.h>`

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uint32_t
GetCompact(bool fNegative = false) const;
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== Return Value

The 32‐bit compact representation of the value.

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *fNegative*
| Whether to set the sign bit in the encoding.
|===


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