Retrieving the first digit of a number

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Published on 2010-06-03T16:28:13Z Indexed on 2010/06/03 16:34 UTC
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Hi, I am just learning Java and am trying to get my program to retrieve the first digit of a number - for example 543 should return 5, etc. I thought to convert to a string, but I am not sure how I can convert it back? Thanks for any help.

int number = 534;
String numberString = Integer.toString(number);
char firstLetterChar = numberString.charAt(0);
int firstDigit = ????

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