There is also the builtin http://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/stdlib/numbers/#Base.digits
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Tamas Papp <[email protected]> wrote: > A trivial (but not necessarily the fastest) solution is > > function firstdigit(i,base=10) > while (i >= base) > i = div(i,base) > end > i > end > > Best, > > Tamas > > On Sat, Oct 24 2015, paul analyst <[email protected]> wrote: > > > How to get first number from Int64 > > > > julia> lista[3] > > 464 > > > > julia> eltype(lista[3]) > > Int64 > > > > julia> length(lista[3]) > > 1 > > > > julia> lista[3][] > > 464 > > > > julia> lista[3][1] > > > > I need the first "4" > > Paul > >
