I've calculated a stepsize for an axis on a chart.
Also I have the Min and Max -Values. Now I need to calculate all ticks so that all values between my Min and Max can be displayed.
For Example:
Stepsize: 1000
Min: 213
Max: 4405
Expected ticks: 0,1000,2000,3000,4000,5000
Stepsize: 500
Min: -1213
Max: 1405
Expected ticks: -1500,-1000,-500,0,500,1000,1500
Until now I'm trying to calculate the first value with "try and error" like:
bool firstStepSet = false;
double firstStep = stepSize;
do
{
if (xValue >= (firstStep - (stepSize / 2)) && xValue <=
(firstStep + (stepSize / 2)))
{
firstStepSet = true;
this.myBarXValues.Add(firstStep, 0);
}
else if (xValue > stepSize)
{
firstStep += stepSize;
}
else
{
firstStep -= stepSize;
}
}
while (!firstStepSet);
And after that I'm adding steps to this list until all values fit.
This seems pretty dirty to me and I want to know if there is another solution.
So what I need is a solution which calculate the first tick that I need.
This function calculates first and last step values:
static void CalcSteps(int min, int max, int stepSize, out int firstStep, out int lastStep)
{
if (min >= 0)
{
firstStep = (min / stepSize) * stepSize;
}
else
{
firstStep = ((min - stepSize + 1) / stepSize) * stepSize;
}
if (max >= 0)
{
lastStep = ((max + stepSize - 1) / stepSize) * stepSize;
}
else
{
lastStep = (max / stepSize) * stepSize;
}
}
You can calculate axis limits using integer rounding to lower and higher values
low = stepsize * (min / stepsize) //integer division needed
high = stepsize * ((max + stepsize - 1) / stepsize)
Example Python code returns limits and number of ticks (one more than interval count)
def getminmax(minn, maxx, step):
low = (minn // step)
high = (maxx + step - 1) // step
ticks = high - low + 1
return low * step, high * step, ticks
print(getminmax(213, 4405, 1000))
print(getminmax(-1213,1405, 500))
(0, 5000, 6)
(-1500, 1500, 7)
I am reviewing for my test tomorrow.. and I've encountered a problem in my program (I need to create a program that will display the breakdown of the entered amount.. and I am having a problem with the cents...)
Console.Write("Enter amount: ");
double amt = double.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
thou = (int)amt / 1000;
change = (int)amt % 1000;
fivehun = (int)change / 500;
change = change % 500;
twohun = (int)change / 200;
change = change % 200;
hun = (int)change / 100;
change = change % 100;
fifty = (int)change / 50;
change = change % 50;
twenty = change / 20;
change = change % 20;
ten = (int)change / 10;
change = change % 10;
five = (int)change / 5;
change = change % 5;
one = (int)change / 1;
change = change % 1;
twencents = (int)(change / .25);
change = change % .25; //there was an error here.. starting here
tencents = (int)(change / .10);
change = change % .10;
fivecents = (int)(change / .05);
change = change % .05;
onecent = (int)(change / .01);
change = change % .01;
Console.WriteLine("The breakdown is as follows: ");
Console.WriteLine("Php 1000 ={0} ", thou);
Console.WriteLine("Php 500 ={0} ", fivehun);
Console.WriteLine("Php 200 ={0} ", twohun);
Console.WriteLine("Php 100 ={0} ", hun);
Console.WriteLine("Php 50 ={0} ", fifty);
Console.WriteLine("Php 20 ={0} ", twenty);
Console.WriteLine("Php 10 ={0} ", ten);
Console.WriteLine("Php 05 ={0} ", five);
Console.WriteLine("Php 01 ={0} ", one);
Console.WriteLine("Php 0.25 ={0} ", twencents);
Console.WriteLine("Php 0.10 ={0} ", tencents);
Console.WriteLine("Php 0.05 ={0} ", fivecents);
Console.WriteLine("Php 0.01 ={0} ", onecent);
Console.ReadKey();
The error said that I cannot convert double to int so I tried to convert it my casting it
change = (double) change % .25;
still an error..
Use double change = 0; instead of int change = 0;
EDITED
initially make double change = 0 and and split the input amt to 2 variables
double wholeValues = (int)amt;
double decimalValues = amt - wholeValues;
then change
thou = (int)amt / 1000;
change = (int)amt % 1000;
make it as
thou = (int)wholeValues / 1000;
change = (int)wholeValues % 1000;
Otherwise you will be removing the decimal values at this point
but you are missing a cast to int at
twenty = (int) change / 20;
modules by 1 will give the same value again, start cent calculation with the new variable decimalValues
one = (int)change / 1;
change = decimalValues * 100;
twencents = (int)(change / 25);
change = change % 25;
tencents = (int)(change / 10);
change = change % 10;
fivecents = (int)(change / 5);
change = change % 5;
if we use modules with decimal values you might sometime end up with incorrect values
for example for .30 cents, it will represent .25 cents = 1, .05 cents = 0,
.01 cents= 4
finally got it!
int thou, fivehun, twohun, hun, fifty, twenty, ten, five, one;
double change = 0; // added this one as suggested
Console.Write("Enter amount: ");
double amt = double.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
thou = (int)amt / 1000;
change = amt % 1000; //remove the int (change should be double)
fivehun = (int)change / 500;
change = change % 500;
twohun = (int)change / 200;
change = change % 200;
hun = (int)change / 100;
change = change % 100;
fifty = (int)change / 50;
change = change % 50;
twenty = (int) change / 20; //added int here
change = change % 20;
ten = (int)change / 10;
change = change % 10;
five = (int)change / 5;
change = change % 5;
one = (int)change / 1;
change = change % 1;
int twencents = (int)(change / 0.25);
change = change % 0.25;
int tencents = (int)(change / 0.10);
change = change % 0.10;
int fivecents = (int)(change / 0.05);
change = change % 0.05;
int onecent = (int)(change / 0.01);
change = change % 0.01;
I just started to learn C# and only know really basic stuff. So this question may be easy to you, but very hard to me. The more detail in your answer, the better.
The next line of code will check if a studentnumber is real or fake. The number is real when the sum of all the characters (when multiplied by their place number) are a multiple of 11.
Console.WriteLine("What is your studentnumber?");
stnum = Console.ReadLine();
var stnumint = Convert.ToInt32(stnum);
var ans1 = (stnumint % 10 - stnumint % 1) / 1;
var ans2 = (stnumint % 100 - stnumint % 10) / 10;
var ans3 = (stnumint % 1000 - stnumint % 100) / 100;
var ans4 = (stnumint % 10000 - stnumint % 1000) / 1000;
var ans5 = (stnumint % 100000 - stnumint % 10000) / 10000;
var ans6 = (stnumint % 1000000 - stnumint % 100000) / 100000;
var ans7 = (stnumint % 10000000 - stnumint % 1000000) / 1000000;
var control = ans1 * 1 + ans2 * 2 + ans3 * 3 + ans4 * 4 + ans5 * 5 + ans6 * 6 + ans7 * 7;
var endnum = control % 11;
if (endnum == 0)
{
Console.WriteLine("You have got a valid studentnumber.");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Check if your studentnumber is correct. If it is, you are not a student.");
}
Take for example studentnumber 9232753. When calculating: (9*7 + 2*6 + 3*5 + 2*4 + 7*3 + 5*2 + 3*1) % 11, the answer will be 0.
How can I write this line of code into a smaller loop?
One equivalent loop would be:
int control = 0;
int power10 = 1; // var to save an expensive `Math.Power` call
for (int i = 1; i <= 7; i++)
{
control += ((stnumint % (power10*10) - stnumint % power10) / power10) * i;
power10 *= 10;
}
I would highly recommend not using var for built-in types like int, string, etc. You leave the resulting type at the mercy of the compiler which can give you unexpected results. Save var for when the actual type is difficult (or impossible) to determine at design-time.
var totalAns = 0;
for (int i = 1; i <= 10000000; i *= 10)
{
ans += (stnumint % (10*i) - stnumint % i) / i;
}
Here is the part for calculation. If you need to save stnumint, copy it another variable.
int stnumint=...; //must be sure, that data type is n
int checksum=0;
int i=1;
while(stnumint>0)
{
checksum=(stnumint%10)*i;
i++;
//in real numbers will look like floor(stnumint/10)
//will automaticly floor because of data type int
stnumint=stnumint/10;
}
Sorry hard to formulate.
I need to round like this:
12 -> 10
152 -> 200
1538 -> 2000
25000 -> 30000
etc.
Twisting my head, but can't see how to make this. Must work for any n number of digits. Anyone got an elegant method for it?
c# or vb.net
How about this:
double num = 152;
int pow = (int)Math.Log10(num);
int factor = (int)Math.Pow(10, pow);
double temp = num / factor;
double result = Math.Round(temp) * factor;
I think you should try with something like this:
public int Round( int number)
{
int power = number.ToString().Length - 1;
int sz = Math.Pow(10, power);
int rounded = (int)Math.Round( number / sz );
return rounded * sz;
}
The idea is to get the size of the nearest 10 power, available by the length of the number expressed as a string. Then divide the number by that power, leaving it like 1,2 and then round it using the Math.Round method and restore the size by remultiplying it to the power.
Much like the previous answer...
I would do it this way:
double d = 25000;
int power = d.ToString().Length - 1;
double multipler = Math.Pow(10,power);
d = Math.Round(d / multipler) * multipler;
Console.WriteLine(d);
One of the way could be
Convert the number to Decimal
Divide it by 10^(n-1) (where n is number of digits)
Now use round function (Decimal.Round)
Multiply again by 10^(n-1)
Divide the number by 10n and round the result, then multiply the result back with 10n;
int MyRound(int num)
{
double divisor = Math.Pow(10, num.ToString().Length - 1);
return (int)(Math.Round(num / divisor, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero) * divisor);
}
Note that we should use MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero when rounding because of the default banker's rounding.
int MakeOneSigFig(int value)
{
int neg = 1;
if(value <= 10 && value >= -10) { return value; }
if(value == int.MinValue) { value = int.MaxValue; neg = -1; }
if(value < 0) { value = -value; neg = -1; }
int mult = 10; // start at 10 because we've got 'firstDigit = value / 10' below
while(value > 99) { value /= 10; mult *= 10; }
int firstDigit = value / 10;
if(value % 10 >= 5) firstDigit++;
return neg * firstDigit * mult;
}
This is equivalent to MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero. This method doesn't do any double math or string conversions. If you didn't want to loop, you could replace that with the if block below. That would be more efficient, but more code and not quite as easy to read.
if(value < 100) { mult = 10; }
else if(value < 1000) { mult = 100; value /= 10; }
else if(value < 10000) { mult = 1000; value /= 100; }
else if(value < 100000) { mult = 10000; value /= 1000; }
// etc.
In C#, what's the best way to get the 1st digit in an int? The method I came up with is to turn the int into a string, find the 1st char of the string, then turn it back to an int.
int start = Convert.ToInt32(curr.ToString().Substring(0, 1));
While this does the job, it feels like there is probably a good, simple, math-based solution to such a problem. String manipulation feels clunky.
Edit: irrespective of speed differences, mystring[0] instead of Substring() is still just string manipulation
Benchmarks
Firstly, you must decide on what you mean by "best" solution, of course that takes into account the efficiency of the algorithm, its readability/maintainability, and the likelihood of bugs creeping up in the future. Careful unit tests can generally avoid those problems, however.
I ran each of these examples 10 million times, and the results value is the number of ElapsedTicks that have passed.
Without further ado, from slowest to quickest, the algorithms are:
Converting to a string, take first character
int firstDigit = (int)(Value.ToString()[0]) - 48;
Results:
12,552,893 ticks
Using a logarithm
int firstDigit = (int)(Value / Math.Pow(10, (int)Math.Floor(Math.Log10(Value))));
Results:
9,165,089 ticks
Looping
while (number >= 10)
number /= 10;
Results:
6,001,570 ticks
Conditionals
int firstdigit;
if (Value < 10)
firstdigit = Value;
else if (Value < 100)
firstdigit = Value / 10;
else if (Value < 1000)
firstdigit = Value / 100;
else if (Value < 10000)
firstdigit = Value / 1000;
else if (Value < 100000)
firstdigit = Value / 10000;
else if (Value < 1000000)
firstdigit = Value / 100000;
else if (Value < 10000000)
firstdigit = Value / 1000000;
else if (Value < 100000000)
firstdigit = Value / 10000000;
else if (Value < 1000000000)
firstdigit = Value / 100000000;
else
firstdigit = Value / 1000000000;
Results:
1,421,659 ticks
Unrolled & optimized loop
if (i >= 100000000) i /= 100000000;
if (i >= 10000) i /= 10000;
if (i >= 100) i /= 100;
if (i >= 10) i /= 10;
Results:
1,399,788 ticks
Note:
each test calls Random.Next() to get the next int
Here's how
int i = Math.Abs(386792);
while(i >= 10)
i /= 10;
and i will contain what you need
Try this
public int GetFirstDigit(int number) {
if ( number < 10 ) {
return number;
}
return GetFirstDigit ( (number - (number % 10)) / 10);
}
EDIT
Several people have requested the loop version
public static int GetFirstDigitLoop(int number)
{
while (number >= 10)
{
number = (number - (number % 10)) / 10;
}
return number;
}
The best I can come up with is:
int numberOfDigits = Convert.ToInt32(Math.Floor( Math.Log10( value ) ) );
int firstDigit = value / Math.Pow( 10, numberOfDigits );
variation on Anton's answer:
// cut down the number of divisions (assuming i is positive & 32 bits)
if (i >= 100000000) i /= 100000000;
if (i >= 10000) i /= 10000;
if (i >= 100) i /= 100;
if (i >= 10) i /= 10;
int myNumber = 8383;
char firstDigit = myNumber.ToString()[0];
// char = '8'
Had the same idea as Lennaert
int start = number == 0 ? 0 : number / (int) Math.Pow(10,Math.Floor(Math.Log10(Math.Abs(number))));
This also works with negative numbers.
If you think Keltex's answer is ugly, try this one, it's REALLY ugly, and even faster.
It does unrolled binary search to determine the length.
... leading code along the same lines
/* i<10000 */
if (i >= 100){
if (i >= 1000){
return i/1000;
}
else /* i<1000 */{
return i/100;
}
}
else /* i<100*/ {
if (i >= 10){
return i/10;
}
else /* i<10 */{
return i;
}
}
P.S. MartinStettner had the same idea.
Very simple (and probably quite fast because it only involves comparisons and one division):
if(i<10)
firstdigit = i;
else if (i<100)
firstdigit = i/10;
else if (i<1000)
firstdigit = i/100;
else if (i<10000)
firstdigit = i/1000;
else if (i<100000)
firstdigit = i/10000;
else (etc... all the way up to 1000000000)
An obvious, but slow, mathematical approach is:
int firstDigit = (int)(i / Math.Pow(10, (int)Math.Log10(i))));
int temp = i;
while (temp >= 10)
{
temp /= 10;
}
Result in temp
I know it's not C#, but it's surprising curious that in python the "get the first char of the string representation of the number" is the faster!
EDIT: no, I made a mistake, I forgot to construct again the int, sorry. The unrolled version it's the fastest.
$ cat first_digit.py
def loop(n):
while n >= 10:
n /= 10
return n
def unrolled(n):
while n >= 100000000: # yea... unlimited size int supported :)
n /= 100000000
if n >= 10000:
n /= 10000
if n >= 100:
n /= 100
if n >= 10:
n /= 10
return n
def string(n):
return int(str(n)[0])
$ python -mtimeit -s 'from first_digit import loop as test' \
'for n in xrange(0, 100000000, 1000): test(n)'
10 loops, best of 3: 275 msec per loop
$ python -mtimeit -s 'from first_digit import unrolled as test' \
'for n in xrange(0, 100000000, 1000): test(n)'
10 loops, best of 3: 149 msec per loop
$ python -mtimeit -s 'from first_digit import string as test' \
'for n in xrange(0, 100000000, 1000): test(n)'
10 loops, best of 3: 284 msec per loop
$
I just stumbled upon this old question and felt inclined to propose another suggestion since none of the other answers so far returns the correct result for all possible input values and it can still be made faster:
public static int GetFirstDigit( int i )
{
if( i < 0 && ( i = -i ) < 0 ) return 2;
return ( i < 100 ) ? ( i < 1 ) ? 0 : ( i < 10 )
? i : i / 10 : ( i < 1000000 ) ? ( i < 10000 )
? ( i < 1000 ) ? i / 100 : i / 1000 : ( i < 100000 )
? i / 10000 : i / 100000 : ( i < 100000000 )
? ( i < 10000000 ) ? i / 1000000 : i / 10000000
: ( i < 1000000000 ) ? i / 100000000 : i / 1000000000;
}
This works for all signed integer values inclusive -2147483648 which is the smallest signed integer and doesn't have a positive counterpart. Math.Abs( -2147483648 ) triggers a System.OverflowException and - -2147483648 computes to -2147483648.
The implementation can be seen as a combination of the advantages of the two fastest implementations so far. It uses a binary search and avoids superfluous divisions. A quick benchmark with the index of a loop with 100,000,000 iterations shows that it is twice as fast as the currently fastest implementation.
It finishes after 2,829,581 ticks.
For comparison I also measured a corrected variant of the currently fastest implementation which took 5,664,627 ticks.
public static int GetFirstDigitX( int i )
{
if( i < 0 && ( i = -i ) < 0 ) return 2;
if( i >= 100000000 ) i /= 100000000;
if( i >= 10000 ) i /= 10000;
if( i >= 100 ) i /= 100;
if( i >= 10 ) i /= 10;
return i;
}
The accepted answer with the same correction needed 16,561,929 ticks for this test on my computer.
public static int GetFirstDigitY( int i )
{
if( i < 0 && ( i = -i ) < 0 ) return 2;
while( i >= 10 )
i /= 10;
return i;
}
Simple functions like these can easily be proven for correctness since iterating all possible integer values takes not much more than a few seconds on current hardware. This means that it is less important to implement them in a exceptionally readable fashion as there simply won't ever be the need to fix a bug inside them later on.
Did some tests with one of my co-workers here, and found out most of the solutions don't work for numbers under 0.
public int GetFirstDigit(int number)
{
number = Math.Abs(number); <- makes sure you really get the digit!
if (number < 10)
{
return number;
}
return GetFirstDigit((number - (number % 10)) / 10);
}
Using all the examples below to get this code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace Benfords
{
class Program
{
static int FirstDigit1(int value)
{
return Convert.ToInt32(value.ToString().Substring(0, 1));
}
static int FirstDigit2(int value)
{
while (value >= 10) value /= 10;
return value;
}
static int FirstDigit3(int value)
{
return (int)(value.ToString()[0]) - 48;
}
static int FirstDigit4(int value)
{
return (int)(value / Math.Pow(10, (int)Math.Floor(Math.Log10(value))));
}
static int FirstDigit5(int value)
{
if (value < 10) return value;
if (value < 100) return value / 10;
if (value < 1000) return value / 100;
if (value < 10000) return value / 1000;
if (value < 100000) return value / 10000;
if (value < 1000000) return value / 100000;
if (value < 10000000) return value / 1000000;
if (value < 100000000) return value / 10000000;
if (value < 1000000000) return value / 100000000;
return value / 1000000000;
}
static int FirstDigit6(int value)
{
if (value >= 100000000) value /= 100000000;
if (value >= 10000) value /= 10000;
if (value >= 100) value /= 100;
if (value >= 10) value /= 10;
return value;
}
const int mcTests = 1000000;
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Stopwatch lswWatch = new Stopwatch();
Random lrRandom = new Random();
int liCounter;
lswWatch.Start();
for (liCounter = 0; liCounter < mcTests; liCounter++)
FirstDigit1(lrRandom.Next());
lswWatch.Stop();
Console.WriteLine("Test {0} = {1} ticks", 1, lswWatch.ElapsedTicks);
lswWatch.Reset();
lswWatch.Start();
for (liCounter = 0; liCounter < mcTests; liCounter++)
FirstDigit2(lrRandom.Next());
lswWatch.Stop();
Console.WriteLine("Test {0} = {1} ticks", 2, lswWatch.ElapsedTicks);
lswWatch.Reset();
lswWatch.Start();
for (liCounter = 0; liCounter < mcTests; liCounter++)
FirstDigit3(lrRandom.Next());
lswWatch.Stop();
Console.WriteLine("Test {0} = {1} ticks", 3, lswWatch.ElapsedTicks);
lswWatch.Reset();
lswWatch.Start();
for (liCounter = 0; liCounter < mcTests; liCounter++)
FirstDigit4(lrRandom.Next());
lswWatch.Stop();
Console.WriteLine("Test {0} = {1} ticks", 4, lswWatch.ElapsedTicks);
lswWatch.Reset();
lswWatch.Start();
for (liCounter = 0; liCounter < mcTests; liCounter++)
FirstDigit5(lrRandom.Next());
lswWatch.Stop();
Console.WriteLine("Test {0} = {1} ticks", 5, lswWatch.ElapsedTicks);
lswWatch.Reset();
lswWatch.Start();
for (liCounter = 0; liCounter < mcTests; liCounter++)
FirstDigit6(lrRandom.Next());
lswWatch.Stop();
Console.WriteLine("Test {0} = {1} ticks", 6, lswWatch.ElapsedTicks);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
I get these results on an AMD Ahtlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ (2.2 GHz):
Test 1 = 2352048 ticks
Test 2 = 614550 ticks
Test 3 = 1354784 ticks
Test 4 = 844519 ticks
Test 5 = 150021 ticks
Test 6 = 192303 ticks
But get these on a AMD FX 8350 Eight Core (4.00 GHz)
Test 1 = 3917354 ticks
Test 2 = 811727 ticks
Test 3 = 2187388 ticks
Test 4 = 1790292 ticks
Test 5 = 241150 ticks
Test 6 = 227738 ticks
So whether or not method 5 or 6 is faster depends on the CPU, I can only surmise this is because the branch prediction in the command processor of the CPU is smarter on the new processor, but I'm not really sure.
I dont have any Intel CPUs, maybe someone could test it for us?
Check this one too:
int get1digit(Int64 myVal)
{
string q12 = myVal.ToString()[0].ToString();
int i = int.Parse(q12);
return i;
}
Also good if you want multiple numbers:
int get3digit(Int64 myVal) //Int64 or whatever numerical data you have
{
char mg1 = myVal.ToString()[0];
char mg2 = myVal.ToString()[1];
char mg3 = myVal.ToString()[2];
char[] chars = { mg1, mg2, mg3 };
string q12= new string(chars);
int i = int.Parse(q12);
return i;
}
while (i > 10)
{
i = (Int32)Math.Floor((Decimal)i / 10);
}
// i is now the first int
Non iterative formula:
public static int GetHighestDigit(int num)
{
if (num <= 0)
return 0;
return (int)((double)num / Math.Pow(10f, Math.Floor(Math.Log10(num))));
}
Just to give you an alternative, you could repeatedly divide the integer by 10, and then rollback one value once you reach zero. Since string operations are generally slow, this may be faster than string manipulation, but is by no means elegant.
Something like this:
while(curr>=10)
curr /= 10;
start = getFirstDigit(start);
public int getFirstDigit(final int start){
int number = Math.abs(start);
while(number > 10){
number /= 10;
}
return number;
}
or
public int getFirstDigit(final int start){
return getFirstDigit(Math.abs(start), true);
}
private int getFirstDigit(final int start, final boolean recurse){
if(start < 10){
return start;
}
return getFirstDigit(start / 10, recurse);
}
int start = curr;
while (start >= 10)
start /= 10;
This is more efficient than a ToString() approach which internally must implement a similar loop and has to construct (and parse) a string object on the way ...
Very easy method to get the Last digit:
int myInt = 1821;
int lastDigit = myInt - ((myInt/10)*10); // 1821 - 1820 = 1
int i = 4567789;
int digit1 = int.Parse(i.ToString()[0].ToString());
This is what I usually do ,please refer my function below :
This function can extract first number occurance from any string you can modify and use this function according to your usage
public static int GetFirstNumber(this string strInsput)
{
int number = 0;
string strNumber = "";
bool bIsContNo = true;
bool bNoOccued = false;
try
{
var arry = strInsput.ToCharArray(0, strInsput.Length - 1);
foreach (char item in arry)
{
if (char.IsNumber(item))
{
strNumber = strNumber + item.ToString();
bIsContNo = true;
bNoOccued = true;
}
else
{
bIsContNo = false;
}
if (bNoOccued && !bIsContNo)
{
break;
}
}
number = Convert.ToInt32(strNumber);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return 0;
}
return number;
}
public static int GetFirstDigit(int n, bool removeSign = true)
{
if (removeSign)
return n <= -10 || n >= 10 ? Math.Abs(n) % 10 : Math.Abs(n);
else
return n <= -10 || n >= 10 ? n % 10 : n;
}
//Your code goes here
int[] test = new int[] { -1574, -221, 1246, -4, 8, 38546};
foreach(int n in test)
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0} : {1}", n, GetFirstDigit(n)));
Output:
-1574 : 4
-221 : 1
1246 : 6
-4 : 4
8 : 8
38546 : 6
Here is a simpler way that does not involve looping
int number = 1234
int firstDigit = Math.Floor(number/(Math.Pow(10, number.ToString().length - 1))
That would give us 1234/Math.Pow(10, 4 - 1) = 1234/1000 = 1