# Write a program in Python to count the number of digits in a given number N

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Let's suppose we have given a number N. the task is to find the total number of digits present in the number. For example,

Input-1

N = 891452

Output

6

Explanation − Since the given number 891452 contains 6 digits, we will return ‘6’ in this case.

Input-2

N = 0074515

Output

5

Explanation − Since the given number 0074515 contains 5 digits, we will print the output as 5.

## The approach used to solve this problem

We can solve this problem in the following way,

• Take input ‘n’ as the number.

• A function countDigits(n) takes input ‘n’ and returns the count of the digit as output.

• Iterate over all the digits of the number and increment the counter variable.

• Return the counter.

## Example

Live Demo

def countDigits(n):
ans = 0
while (n):
ans = ans + 1
n = n // 10
return ans
n = “45758”
print("Number of digits in the given number :", countDigits(n))

## Output

Running the above code will generate the output as,

5
Published on 05-Feb-2021 07:14:46