Java Round number up so number of digits increments

What is the most efficient way (in Java) to round a number n up to the nearest power of ten which contains one more digit than the original number?

e.g. 3 -> 10

432 -> 1,000

241,345 -> 1,000,000

Is there a way to get it in a single O(1) line?

A simple way I can see is to use a for loop and increment the power of ten until n / (10 ^ i) < 1, but then that isn't O(1) and is O(log n) instead. (well I'm taking a guess it's log n as it involves a power!)

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If you're looking for a string, you can use Math.log10 to find the right index into an array:

// Do more of these in reality, of course...
private static final String[] MESSAGES = { "1", "10", "100", "1,000", "10,000" };

public static final String roundUpToPowerOf10(int x) {
    return MESSAGES[(int) Math.ceil(Math.log10(x))];
}

If you want it to return the integer with the right value, you can use use Math.pow:

public static final int roundUpToPowerOf10(int x) {
    return (int) Math.pow(10, Math.ceil(Math.log10(x)));
}

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