Help change from a while loop to a for loop

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RE: Help change from a while loop to a for loop - captwiggum - Nov-09-2018

(Nov-09-2018, 11:20 AM)stullis Wrote: Larz's explanation is the best. As for my suggestion, here's what I had in mind:
def displayDigits(number):
    for x in range(number):
        divisor = 10 ** x

        if number // divisor == 0:
            return x

    return -1 # In case the number is magically too large

print(displayDigits(26))

Thank you!