FLINT3.7.0-dev

n_sizeinbase, n_nonzero_sizeinbase10

Synopsis#include <flint/ulong_extras.h>
int n_sizeinbase(ulong n, int base)source
slong n_nonzero_sizeinbase10(ulong n)source

Returns the number of digits of n in the given base (2 \le \mathit{base} \le 36); n_sizeinbase returns 1 for n = 0. n_nonzero_sizeinbase10 is a branch-free version for base 10 and requires n \ne 0.

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The FLINT team, “n_sizeinbase, n_nonzero_sizeinbase10 (ulong_extras.h),” FLINT: Fast Library for Number Theory, documentation, version 3.7.0-dev, 2026. https://flintlib.org/doc/ulong_extras/n_sizeinbase.html (generated 2026-10-20).