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

This will do if you really don't want to use the Log method (which IMO is the best way). It's about the clearest way I can think of of doing this using ToString():

Math.Abs(val).ToString("f0", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).Length

Or alternatively, if you don't want to count 0.123M as having one digit:

Math.Abs(val).ToString("#", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).Length