From a0c7df42eb44df8ed47ed1efba2da33410a17192 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Kubera <andrewkubera@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 01:19:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add ten_to_the_u64

---
 src/arithmetic/mod.rs | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/arithmetic/mod.rs b/src/arithmetic/mod.rs
index 9580441..46644bc 100644
--- a/src/arithmetic/mod.rs
+++ b/src/arithmetic/mod.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ pub(crate) fn ten_to_the(pow: u64) -> BigInt {
     ten_to_the_uint(pow).into()
 }
 
+/// Return 10^{pow} as u64
+pub(crate) fn ten_to_the_u64(pow: u8) -> u64 {
+    debug_assert!(pow < 20);
+    10u64.pow(pow as u32)
+}
+
 /// Return 10^pow
 pub(crate) fn ten_to_the_uint(pow: u64) -> BigUint {
     if pow < 20 {