Determine precision and scale of particular number in Python

Question

I have a variable in Python containing a floating point number (e.g. num = 24654.123), and I\'d like to determine the number\'s precision and scale values (in t

Answer 1

I found another solution that seems to be simpler, but I'm not sure exactly if it will work for all cases.

   import math
   x = 1.2345678

   def flip(string):
       result = ""
       for ch in string:
           result = ch + result
      return result

   prec = int(math.log10(float(flip(str(x)))) + 1   # precision as int