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Finding the number of digits from a given number

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Hi,

How to find the number of digits from a given number?.

For example
num = 23456

The number of digits are 5

num = 2311150

The number of digits are 7

-PSB
Apr 23 '07 #1
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ilikepython
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Hi,

How to find the number of digits from a given number?.

For example
num = 23456

The number of digits are 5

num = 2311150

The number of digits are 7

-PSB
Well you can convert the number to a string:
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  1. num = 2311150
  2. num = str(num)
  3. print len(num)
  4. #prints 7
  5.  
There's probably a better way though.
Apr 23 '07 #2

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