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+#ifndef BIGINTEGERUTILS_H
+#define BIGINTEGERUTILS_H
+
+#include "BigInteger.hh"
+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+
+/* This file provides:
+ * - Convenient std::string <-> BigUnsigned/BigInteger conversion routines
+ * - std::ostream << operators for BigUnsigned/BigInteger */
+
+// std::string conversion routines.  Base 10 only.
+std::string bigUnsignedToString(const BigUnsigned &x);
+std::string bigIntegerToString(const BigInteger &x);
+BigUnsigned stringToBigUnsigned(const std::string &s);
+BigInteger stringToBigInteger(const std::string &s);
+
+// Creates a BigInteger from data such as `char's; read below for details.
+template <class T>
+BigInteger dataToBigInteger(const T* data, BigInteger::Index length, BigInteger::Sign sign);
+
+// Outputs x to os, obeying the flags `dec', `hex', `bin', and `showbase'.
+std::ostream &operator <<(std::ostream &os, const BigUnsigned &x);
+
+// Outputs x to os, obeying the flags `dec', `hex', `bin', and `showbase'.
+// My somewhat arbitrary policy: a negative sign comes before a base indicator (like -0xFF).
+std::ostream &operator <<(std::ostream &os, const BigInteger &x);
+
+// BEGIN TEMPLATE DEFINITIONS.
+
+/*
+ * Converts binary data to a BigInteger.
+ * Pass an array `data', its length, and the desired sign.
+ *
+ * Elements of `data' may be of any type `T' that has the following
+ * two properties (this includes almost all integral types):
+ *
+ * (1) `sizeof(T)' correctly gives the amount of binary data in one
+ * value of `T' and is a factor of `sizeof(Blk)'.
+ *
+ * (2) When a value of `T' is casted to a `Blk', the low bytes of
+ * the result contain the desired binary data.
+ */
+template <class T>
+BigInteger dataToBigInteger(const T* data, BigInteger::Index length, BigInteger::Sign sign) {
+	// really ceiling(numBytes / sizeof(BigInteger::Blk))
+	unsigned int pieceSizeInBits = 8 * sizeof(T);
+	unsigned int piecesPerBlock = sizeof(BigInteger::Blk) / sizeof(T);
+	unsigned int numBlocks = (length + piecesPerBlock - 1) / piecesPerBlock;
+
+	// Allocate our block array
+	BigInteger::Blk *blocks = new BigInteger::Blk[numBlocks];
+
+	BigInteger::Index blockNum, pieceNum, pieceNumHere;
+
+	// Convert
+	for (blockNum = 0, pieceNum = 0; blockNum < numBlocks; blockNum++) {
+		BigInteger::Blk curBlock = 0;
+		for (pieceNumHere = 0; pieceNumHere < piecesPerBlock && pieceNum < length;
+			pieceNumHere++, pieceNum++)
+			curBlock |= (BigInteger::Blk(data[pieceNum]) << (pieceSizeInBits * pieceNumHere));
+		blocks[blockNum] = curBlock;
+	}
+
+	// Create the BigInteger.
+	BigInteger x(blocks, numBlocks, sign);
+
+	delete [] blocks;
+	return x;
+}
+
+#endif