2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc b/src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc
index 18e000e..a0e402d 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc
+++ b/src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ namespace FbTk {
 
 namespace StringUtil {
 
+
+std::string number2String(int num) {
+    char s[128];
+    sprintf(s, "%d", num);
+    return std::string(s);
+}
+
 /**
    Tries to find a string in another and
    ignoring the case of the characters
diff --git a/src/FbTk/StringUtil.hh b/src/FbTk/StringUtil.hh
index 35f23a2..6493f74 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/StringUtil.hh
+++ b/src/FbTk/StringUtil.hh
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ namespace FbTk {
 
 namespace StringUtil {
 
+/// creates a number to a string
+std::string number2String(int num);
 
 /// Similar to `strstr' but this function ignores the case of both strings
 const char *strcasestr(const char *str, const char *ptn);