Problem 47. Extract leading non-zero digit

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Ned Gulley on 29 May 2012

I added some extra test cases to fail some of the bogus answers.

Iván Quintanar on 31 Dec 2017

Amazing Law!!!!!!!!!!!!

Luyu Wang on 6 Jul 2018

I cannot understand the problem.

Brandon on 26 Jun 2023

Today I learned that 0.3/0.1 = 2.999999999 but 0.3*10=3
Floats always keep things... interesting...

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