From 614a228c7958cf626a6676e5baf3d6cc093e38d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Esteban Ordano <eordano@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:02:41 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Allow satoshis to be a string on output creation

---
 lib/transaction/output.js       | 3 +++
 test/transaction/transaction.js | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/transaction/output.js b/lib/transaction/output.js
index fcbab1d3e..767941a37 100644
--- a/lib/transaction/output.js
+++ b/lib/transaction/output.js
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ Object.defineProperty(Output.prototype, 'satoshis', {
     if (num instanceof BN) {
       this._satoshisBN = num;
       this._satoshis = num.toNumber();
+    } else if (_.isString(num)) {
+      this._satoshis = parseInt(num);
+      this._satoshisBN = BN.fromNumber(this._satoshis);
     } else {
       this._satoshisBN = BN.fromNumber(num);
       this._satoshis = num;
diff --git a/test/transaction/transaction.js b/test/transaction/transaction.js
index cb8938c2b..096bf8fdb 100644
--- a/test/transaction/transaction.js
+++ b/test/transaction/transaction.js
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ describe('Transaction', function() {
     object.outputs[0].satoshis.should.equal(testAmount - 10000);
   });
 
+  it('can take a string argument as an amount', function() {
+    var stringTx = new Transaction().to('mrU9pEmAx26HcbKVrABvgL7AwA5fjNFoDc', '10000');
+    (stringTx._outputAmount).should.equal(10000);
+  });
+
   it('returns the fee correctly', function() {
     testTransaction.getFee().should.equal(10000);
   });