how to get the length of a number

[Saketh]

Stan Cook wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how to get the length of a number.  I
> know len(string) will get the length of a string, but it
> doesn't like len(int).  I seem to remember something like %s
> string.  I tried to set a variable = to %s int, but that
> doesn't work.  Is there a function I've forgotten about to
> convert an integer to a string?
>
> Regards
>
> Stan

Use str(int). Then use len(). For example, len(str(12345)) will give
you 5.