Multiplying numbers as strings（C++CodeWars）

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

string multiply(string a, string b) {
  vector<int> v(a.length()+b.length(),0);
  for(int i=0;i<a.length();i++) {
    for(int j=0;j<b.length();j++) {
      v[i+j+1]+=(a[i]-'0')*(b[j]-'0');
    }
  }
  
  for(int i=a.length()+b.length()-1;i>0;i--) {
    v[i-1]+=v[i]/10;
    v[i]%=10;
  }
  
  int i=0;
  while(i<v.size() && v[i]==0) i++;
  
  string str="";
  while(i<v.size()) str+=to_string(v[i++]);
  if(str=="") return "0";
  else return str;
}