C Program to Count Number of Digits in an Integer

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Write a C program to count the number of digits in an integer using for loop, while loop, without using recursion, and using recursion.

If we take the number 985632, it has 6 digits. For count number of digits, declare a count variable and initialize it with 0. Divide the number by 10 and then increase the count value, repeat this process. When the number becomes 0 then stop the process.

Prerequisites:- While loop in C, For loop in C

Count the Number of Digits in an Integer using the while loop

 #include<stdio.h>
 int main()
 {
     int number, count=0;

     printf("Enter a number: ");
     scanf("%d",&number);

     while (number!=0)
     {
       count++;
       number /= 10;
     }

     printf("Number of digits =  %d\n",count);

     return 0;
 }

Output:-

Enter a number: 12586
Number of digits = 5

Using for loop

The for loop decrease the lines of code used in the previous program. The initialization, condition, and update expression are placed at a single place so for loop make program cleaner.

 #include<stdio.h>
 int main()
 {
     int number, count;

     printf("Enter a number: ");
     scanf("%d",&number);

     for(count=0; number!=0; number /= 10)
     {
       count++;
     }

     printf("Number of digits =  %d\n",count);

     return 0;
 }

C Program to Count the Number of Digits in an Integer without using a loop

We can use strlen() function to count the number of digits in an integer without using the loop. The strlen() function is defined under “string.h” header file and it returns the number of characters of a string.

 #include<stdio.h>
 #include<string.h>
 int main()
 {
     int number;
     char ch[50];

     printf("Enter a number: ");
     scanf("%d",&number);

     sprintf(ch, "%d", number);

     printf("Number of digits =  %ld\n", strlen(ch));

     return 0;
 }

Count the Number of Digits in an Integer using Recursion

Instead of using a pre-defined function, we can write our own function to count the number of digits in an integer. Below numberOfDigits() is a recursive function, which calls itself when the number is not equal to zero.

Learn more about:- recursive function and C programs using the recursive function

 #include<stdio.h>
 int numberOfDigits(int n)
 {
   return n==0? 0 : 1+numberOfDigits(n/10);
 }
 int main()
 {
     int number, sum;

     printf("Enter a number: ");
     scanf("%d",&number);

     sum = numberOfDigits(number);

     printf("Number of digits =  %d\n",sum);

     return 0;
 }

The recursive function numberOfDigits() returns 0 if the number is 0, else it calls itself from the expression 1+numberOfDigits(n/10). In every call, the number is divided by zero and then it is passed as an argument.

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Also See:-

Flow Control
If-else Statement in C
Programs on if-else
Switch Case in C
Switch case Programs
Conditional Operator
While loop in C
Do-while loop in C
While vs do-while
For loop in C
Break keyword in C
Continue keyword in C
Break vs Exit in C
Goto keyword in C
☕️ Flow Control Programs
Largest among 3 Numbers
Find Grade of student
Find the absolute value
Check Vowel or Consonant
Leap Year Program
Simple calculator in C
Check Odd or Even 
Roots of Quadratic Equation
Find Reverse of Number
Factors of a number in C
Generate Multiplication table
Find Power of a Number
Find GCD and LCM
Find factorial of Number
Count Number of Digits
Sum of digits in Number
Sum of N Natural Numbers
Sum of Squares of Natural No.
Find Sum of Odd Numbers
Find the Sum of Series
Find Fibonacci series in C
Sum of the Fibonacci series
Sum until enters +ve numbers
Sum of max 10 no. & Skip -ve
☕️ C Conversion Programs
Celsius to Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit to Celsius
Decimal ↔ Binary
Decimal ↔ Octal
Octal ↔ Binary in C
☕️ Number Programs in C
Prime Number in C
Strong Number in C
Krishnamurthy Number
Neon Number in C
Palindrome number
Perfect Number in C
Armstrong Number
☕️ Pattern Programs in C
Pattern programs in C
Printing pattern using loops
Floyd’s triangle Program
Pascal Triangle Program
Pyramid Star Pattern in C
Diamond Pattern Programs
Half Diamond pattern in C
Print Diamond Pattern
Hollow Diamond Pattern
Diamond Pattern of Numbers

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