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gistfile1.py
a = 1 # 1000^0
i = 0 # represents the largest power of 1000 we found
# find the largest power of 1000 that fits into n
while a <= n:
#print a,n,i
if a*1000 <= n:
a *= 1000
i += 1
else:
if a > n:
a /= 1000
i -= 1
break
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