--- trunk/src/utils/StringUtils.hpp	2012/08/22 02:28:28	1782
+++ trunk/src/utils/StringUtils.hpp	2014/12/11 21:18:03	2048
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  *                                                                      
  * [1]  Meineke, et al., J. Comp. Chem. 26, 252-271 (2005).             
  * [2]  Fennell & Gezelter, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 234104 (2006).          
- * [3]  Sun, Lin & Gezelter, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 24107 (2008).          
+ * [3]  Sun, Lin & Gezelter, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 234107 (2008).          
  * [4]  Kuang & Gezelter,  J. Chem. Phys. 133, 164101 (2010).
  * [5]  Vardeman, Stocker & Gezelter, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 7, 834 (2011).
  */
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ namespace OpenMD {
 
   /**
    * Convert a variable to a string
-   * @param T data type
+   * @tparam T data type
    * @param v data to be converted
    * @return a string
    */
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ namespace OpenMD {
     return ret;
   }
 
+  template <typename T>
+  std::string to_string(T value) {
+    std::ostringstream os ;
+    os << value ;
+    return os.str() ;
+  }
+
   bool isInteger(const std::string& str);
   
   std::string OpenMD_itoa(int value, unsigned int base = 10);