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Landon Curt Noll 5a117d542a add help in advance for new log2 and logn builtins
NOTE: The `log2(x [,eps])` and `logn(x, n [,eps])`
builtin functions are NOT yet implemented.
2023-08-19 11:23:02 -07:00

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NAME
ilog2 - floor of logarithm to base 2
SYNOPSIS
ilog2(x)
TYPES
x nonzero real
return integer
DESCRIPTION
Returns the greatest integer n for which 2^n <= abs(x).
EXAMPLE
; print ilog2(1), ilog2(2), ilog2(3), ilog2(4), ilog(1/15)
0 1 1 2 -4
LIMITS
none
LINK LIBRARY
long qilog2(NUMBER *q)
SEE ALSO
ilog, ilogn, ilog10, ln, log, log2, logn
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