How do I determine the length of an integer?

[ignite]

Hello,

I have an int variable and I want to determine its length (i.e. I want the int to be of 4 characters).

I understand how to determine the length of a String, i.e.

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String text
int temptext = text.length();

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Can this be done similar with an int variable or would I have to convert the int to a String (and then determine its length) and then back to an int?

Thanks for any advice :-)

[ractoc]

You could simply divide by 999 (in case of a four "character" int and check if the result is less then 1, if it is, the original int was 4 or less "characters"

[mikeBarr81]

it would be three or less characters if dividing by 999 results in a number less than one. 1000/999 > 1

[Phaelax]

int x = 999;
String temp = x + "";

int length = temp.length();

[ignite]

Thanks for all the replies - Phaelax method worked for me :-)

Cheers all