public class MyClass {
static int first_digit(int n) {
int digits = (int)(Math.log10(n));
n = (int)(n / (int)(Math.pow(10, digits)));
return n;
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
int n = 8274;
System.out.println(first_digit(n));
}
}
/*
run:
8
*/