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NAME
log - base 10 logarithm
SYNOPSIS
log(x [,eps])
TYPES
x nonzero real or complex
eps nonzero real, defaults to epsilon()
return real or complex
DESCRIPTION
Approximate the base 10 logarithm function of x by a multiple of
epsilon, the error having absolute value less than 0.75 * eps.
If n is a positive integer, log(x, 10^-n) will usually be correct
to the n-th decimal place.
EXAMPLE
; print log(10), log(100), log(1e10), log(1e500)
1 2 10 500
; print log(128), log(23209), log(2^17-19)
~2.10720996964786836649 ~4.36565642852838930424 ~5.11744696704937330414
; print log(2+3i, 1e-5)
~0.55696845725899964822+~0.42681936428109216144i
LIMITS
x != 0
eps > 0
LINK LIBRARY
NUMBER *qlog(NUMBER *x, NUMBER *eps)
COMPLEX *c_log(COMPLEX *x, NUMBER *eps)
SEE ALSO
ln
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