How can I reduce the number of figures of a number?

Question

Is there a way to reduce the number of figures of a number?

Example:

double d = 222222222222222224444444444444.0

I want to "serialize" it like 17[2]13[4] for example.

The idea is to reduce the number of "chars" used by the number.

Yes, there is a way. Were you thinking of doing this in a shell, in some particular language, or on a Turing machine? — Beta, Apr 02 '13 at 13:57
@DennisJaheruddin for d = 123456 I don't see how to reduce the numbers of figures so the output will be 123456 I think — Florian, Apr 03 '13 at 09:48
I don't know C#. Do you know how to 1) convert the number to a string, and 2) iterate over the string? — Beta, Apr 03 '13 at 15:01

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 05 '13 at 05:39

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double d = 222222222222222224444444444444.0

You can't have a double that big in the first place.

I want to "serialize" it like 17[2]13[4] for example. The idea is to reduce the number of "chars" used by the number.

A double only takes 8 bytes regardless of its value. There doesn't seem to be any actual point to this.

answered Apr 05 '13 at 05:39

user207421

Well, you could store `17[2]13[4]` in a string. But agreed about there being no point. – Cody Gray - on strike Apr 05 '13 at 05:54
As 'the idea is to reduce the number of "chars" used by the number' there certainly isn't. – user207421 Apr 05 '13 at 07:01

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