C# Check if a decimal has more than 3 decimal places?

Question

I have a situation that I cannot change: one database table (table A) accepts 6 decimal places, while a related column in a different table (table B) only has 3 decimal plac

Answer 1

carlosfigueira solution will need to check for 0 otherwise "while ((lowDecimal % 10) == 0)" will produce an infinity loop when called with dec = 0

static decimal CountDecimalPlaces(decimal dec)
    {
        if (dec == 0)
            return 0;
        int[] bits = Decimal.GetBits(dec);
        int exponent = bits[3] >> 16;
        int result = exponent;
        long lowDecimal = bits[0] | (bits[1] >> 8);
        while ((lowDecimal % 10) == 0)
        {
            result--;
            lowDecimal /= 10;
        }
        return result;
    }

    Assert.AreEqual(0, DecimalHelper.CountDecimalPlaces(0m));      
    Assert.AreEqual(1, DecimalHelper.CountDecimalPlaces(0.5m));
    Assert.AreEqual(2, DecimalHelper.CountDecimalPlaces(10.51m));
    Assert.AreEqual(13, DecimalHelper.CountDecimalPlaces(10.5123456978563m));