From 3efd42f6e4bb6305f493ec29339ba57d527f82f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Herts <hertssd@ornl.gov>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:41:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add to_string method

---
 bigint.h | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bigint.h b/bigint.h
index 522a7c2..c0ffe87 100644
--- a/bigint.h
+++ b/bigint.h
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ namespace BigInt {
           return vec.back();
         }
 
+        explicit operator std::string() {
+              return vector_to_string((*this).vec);
+        }
+
         friend std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &stream, const bigint &n)
         {
             stream <<  vector_to_string(n.vec);