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Logarithm functions

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Interface
Description
Special Values
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Standards
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Interface

#include <math.h>

	double	`log` (double x)
	long	`logl` (long double x)
	float	`logf` (float x)
	double	`log2` (double x)
	long	`log2l` (long double x)
	float	`log2f` (float x)
	double	`log10` (double x)
	long	`log10l` (long double x)
	float	`log10f` (float x)
	double	`log1p` (double x)
	long	`log1pl` (long double x)
	float	`log1pf` (float x)

Description

The log function computes the value of the natural logarithm of argument x.
The log2 function computes the value of the logarithm of argument x to base 2.
The log10 function computes the value of the logarithm of argument x to base 10.
The log1p function computes the value of $\log(1+x)$ accurately even for very small values of x.

Example 1:

#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main()
{
  printf("\n   x    \t   log   \t   log2   \t   log10   \t   log1p");  
  for(double x=0; x<=10; x+=0.5)
    printf("\n%lf\t%lf\t%lf\t%lf\t%lf", x, log(x), log2(x), log10(x), log1p(x));   
  return 0;
}

Output

x         log        log2        log10        log1p
0.000000  -inf          -inf          -inf          0.000000
0.500000  -0.693147  -1.000000  -0.301030  0.405465
1.000000  0.000000  0.000000  0.000000  0.693147
1.500000  0.405465  0.584963  0.176091  0.916291
2.000000  0.693147  1.000000  0.301030  1.098612
2.500000  0.916291  1.321928  0.397940  1.252763
3.000000  1.098612  1.584963  0.477121  1.386294
3.500000  1.252763  1.807355  0.544068  1.504077
4.000000  1.386294  2.000000  0.602060  1.609438
4.500000  1.504077  2.169925  0.653213  1.704748
5.000000  1.609438  2.321928  0.698970  1.791759
5.500000  1.704748  2.459432  0.740363  1.871802
6.000000  1.791759  2.584963  0.778151  1.945910
6.500000  1.871802  2.700440  0.812913  2.014903
7.000000  1.945910  2.807355  0.845098  2.079442
7.500000  2.014903  2.906891  0.875061  2.140066
8.000000  2.079442  3.000000  0.903090  2.197225
8.500000  2.140066  3.087463  0.929419  2.251292
9.000000  2.197225  3.169925  0.954243  2.302585
9.500000  2.251292  3.247928  0.977724  2.351375
10.000000  2.302585  3.321928  1.000000  2.397895

Special Values

log ( ±0 ), log2 ( ±0 ), and log10( ±0 ) return -∞ and raise the divide-by-zero floating-point exception.
log ( 1 ), log2 ( 1 ), and log10 ( 1 ) return +0.
log ( x ), log2 ( x ), and log10 ( x ) return a NaN and raise the invalid floating-point exception for x < 0.
log ( +∞ ), log2 ( +∞ ), and log10 ( +∞ ) return +∞.

log1p ( ±0 ) returns ±0.
log1p ( -1 ) returns -∞ and raises the divide-by-zero floating-point exception.
log1p ( x ) returns a NaN and raises the invalid floating-point exception for x < -1.
log1p ( +∞ ) returns +∞.

Standards

The log, log2, log10 and log1p functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999(E).

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