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Computing the number of digits of an integer even faster
I my previous blog post, I documented how one might proceed to compute the number of digits of an integer quickly. E.g., given the integer 999, you want 3 but given the integer 1000, you want 4. It is effectively the integer logarithm in base 10. On computers, you can quickly compute the integer logarithm … Continue…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Jun 4, 2021 | Computing the number of digits of an integer even faster by vitaut | 103 | 56 |
