diff --git a/parttypes.cc b/parttypes.cc
index 968be74..a9cdf79 100644
--- a/parttypes.cc
+++ b/parttypes.cc
@@ -190,6 +190,26 @@
    return allOK;
 } // GUID::AddType(const char* variant)
 
+// Assignment operator by string. If the original string is short,
+// interpret it as a gdisk hex code; if it's longer, interpret it as
+// a direct entry of a GUID value....
+PartType & PartType::operator=(const string & orig) {
+   uint32_t hexCode;
+
+   if (orig.length() < 32) {
+      sscanf(orig.c_str(), "%x", &hexCode);
+      *this = hexCode;
+   } else {
+      GUIDData::operator=(orig);
+   } // if/else hexCode or GUID
+   return *this;
+} // PartType::operator=(const char * orig)
+
+// Assignment from C-style string; rely on C++ casting....
+PartType & PartType::operator=(const char * orig) {
+   return operator=((string) orig);
+} // PartType::operator=(const char * orig)
+
 // Assign a GUID based on my custom 2-byte (16-bit) MBR hex ID variant
 PartType & PartType::operator=(uint16_t ID) {
    AType* theItem = allTypes;