Problem 713. Find the maximum number of decimal places in a set of numbers

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nguyen thai son son on 30 Sep 2019

hại não

galaxy on 23 Oct 2019

good for improve skill

goc3 on 29 Mar 2021

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akihisa yorozu on 21 Aug 2021

I feel some uncomfortableness to solve with a not mathematical method, like text processing. But it may smarter than take care of floating point, round error, etc.

Amit Jakubowitz on 18 Sep 2021

hi my code works for tests 1 3 4 but not for test 2, can anyone help me?
here is my code:

function y = find_max_sigdec(x)
how_much_dec=[0]*[length(x)];
for i=1:length(x);
count=0;
while x(i)~=round(x(i))
x(i)=x(i)*10;
count=count+1;
end
how_much_dec(i)=count
end
y=max(how_much_dec)
end

Matthew Bronson on 7 Oct 2021

struggled for a bit with "format long" adding a value at 1e15.

Elizabeth Moschello on 1 Dec 2021

definitely a tough problem!

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kt on 9 Feb 2022

~fun with strings~

Solution 6981414

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Haoran Tian on 28 Nov 2021

it is a hard problem

Solution 6912019

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Josh Klueber on 18 Nov 2021

not sure why the format and spacing mattered on this specific problem

Solution 5953890

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KARTIK SHARMA on 13 Jun 2021

A tough one!

Isabella Stellitano on 8 Nov 2021

good problem

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john perkins on 4 May 2021

this was a very challenging problem!

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Cory Cunningham on 11 Dec 2020

Had a tough time with this one

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