eli5: Extracting the Kth digit from a number 297 viewsJanuary 3, 2024 Question90.70K February 1, 2022 0 Comments I recently read that this formula, (Number / 10^K-1) % 10 Edit: updated formula to use K-1 Will give me the Kth digit of Number. For example if i want the 2nd digit from 345, I have (345/100)%10 which gives 4. Why does this work? 🤔 In: 3 5 Answers ActiveNewestOldest Anonymous Posted February 1, 2022 0 Comments Either you start counting the first number as the 0th number or it is (k-1) n / 10^k cuts of k numbers on the right (assuming division with round down) and the % 10 cuts of everything left of the ones-digit You are viewing 1 out of 5 answers, click here to view all answers. Register or Login
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