Thread: Function that should return number of digits in an integer returns last digit.

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    Function that should return number of digits in an integer returns last digit.

    Title. Can someone help me fix it?
    Code:
    int exploder(int number,int array[]) {
        int functi = 0;
        int digit = number % 10;
        while (number > 0) {
         //   int digit = number % 10;
            array[functi] = digit;
            functi++;
          //  cout << digit << '\n';
            number /= 10;
        }
        return digit;
        
    }

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    How is this supposed to return the number of digits in a number? It's just a matter of looking at what you are returning...
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    This is where using meaningful variable names (wtf is functi?) comes in handy.
    Code:
    int exploder(int numberToExplode,int arrayOfDigits[]) {
        int numberOfDigits = 0;
        int currentDigit = numberToExplode % 10;
        while (numberToExplode > 0) {
         //   int currentDigit = numberToExplode % 10;
            arrayOfDigits[numberOfDigits] = currentDigit;
            numberOfDigits++;
          //  cout << currentDigit << '\n';
            numberToExplode /= 10;
        }
        return currentDigit;
         
    }
    Can you see now what to return?
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