> -----Original Message----- > From: Diogo Neves [mailto:dafneves@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 9:19 AM > To: Andre Dubuc > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Need unrounded precision > > A simple way to do that would be: > > $elapsed = strval( 28.56018 ); > $pos = strpos( $elapsed, '.' ); > echo $elapsed[ ++$pos ]; > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 2:20 AM, Andre Dubuc <aajdubuc@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I need to extract the first digit after the decimal point from a > number > > such > > as 28.56018, which should be '5'. Couldn't this be done with just simple math functions? $a = 28.56018; $b = intval(($a*10)-(intval($a)*10)); or: $a = 28.56018; $b = intval(($a-intval($a))*10); Jaime -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
