package base58

import (
	"math/big"
)

func EncodeBase58(data []byte) (string) {
	long_value := big.NewInt(0)
	result := ""
	for i := 0; i < len(data); i++ {
		to_add := big.NewInt(0)
		to_add = to_add.Exp(big.NewInt(256), big.NewInt(int64(i)), to_add)
		to_add = to_add.Mul(big.NewInt(int64(data[24 - i])), to_add)
		long_value = long_value.Add(to_add, long_value)
	}
	i := 0
	for {
		m := big.NewInt(0)
		long_value, m = long_value.DivMod(long_value, big.NewInt(58), m)
		bs := m.Bytes()
		if len(bs) == 0 {
			bs = append(bs, 0x00)
		}
		b := b58_characters[bs[0]]
		result = string(b) + result
		if long_value.Int64() == 0 {
			break
		}
		i += 1
	}
	return result
}