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The leading (base 10) digit of an integer

Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: June 25, 2013

Surely the leading (= left-most) digit of a positive integer is an obvious thing? Just stare at the integer (e.g. 7823) and observe the left-most digit (7, and in this example)? Suppose, clinic however, that you wanted to find the leading digit of a very large list of positive integers, a list so large it […]