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% This macro source file is from the four volume series
% "TeX in Practice" by Stephan von Bechtolsheim, published
% 1993 by Springer-Verlag, New York.
% Copyright 1993 Stephan von Bechtolsheim.
% No warranty or liability is assumed.
% This macro may be copied freely if no fees other than
% media cost or shipping charges are charged and as long
% as this copyright and the following source code itself
% is not changed. Please see the series for further information.
%
% Version: 1.0
% Date: May 1, 1993
%
%
% This source code is documented in 3.3.15, p. I-61.
% Original source in file "reg1.TEX", starting line 1742.
\wlog{L: "largdp.tip" ["reg1.TEX," l. 1742, p. I-61]}%
% This file DOES belong to format "texip."
\InputD{valdecpo.tip}
\InputD{absval.tip}
\catcode`\@ = 11
\newcount\@LargestDecimalPlaceCount
\def\LargestDecimalPlace #1#2{%
    \AbsoluteValue{#1}{\@LargestDecimalPlaceCount}%
    \wlog{We make progress}%
    #2 = 0
    \@LargestDecimalPlaceMore{#2}%
}
\def\@LargestDecimalPlaceMore #1{% 
    \wlog{One round: \the#1}%
    \ifnum\@LargestDecimalPlaceCount < 10
        \def\@LargestDecimalPlaceMoreNext{}%
    \else
        \advance #1 by 1
        \divide\@LargestDecimalPlaceCount by 10
        \def\@LargestDecimalPlaceMoreNext{%
            \@LargestDecimalPlaceMore{#1}%
        }%
    \fi
    \@LargestDecimalPlaceMoreNext
}
\catcode`\@ = 12