Get number of digits before decimal point

Question

I have a variable of decimal type and I want to check the number of digits before decimal point in it. What should I do? For example, 467.45 should

Answer 1

I would prefer the following instead of casting to int to ensure that you can also handle big numbers (e.g. decimal.MaxValue):

Math.Truncate ( Math.Abs ( decValue ) ).ToString( "####" ).Length