how to find the position of a given number

if the input is 1050, whats the code to get the position of 5.....(answer is third)

Answer 1

[Andrei Bobrov]

k = 1050
find(num2str(k)-'0' == 5)

Answer 2

[José-Luis]

your_answer = strfind(num2str(1050),num2str(5));

Answer 3

[Image Analyst]

locationOf5 = strfind('1050', '5')

You can adapt it to other numbers, or pass in string variables instead of hard-coding it if you want.

[Sivakumaran Chandrasekaran]

Thanks Image Analyst !! What would be the code if the input is not a string?

[Andrei Bobrov]

see answer by Jose-Luis

[Image Analyst]

locationOfDigit = strfind(num2str(yourFullNumber), num2str(yourDesiredDigit))