std::log

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Defined in header <cmath>

float       log( float arg );

double      log( double arg );

long double log( long double arg );

double      log( Integral arg );
(since C++11)

Computes the natural (base e) logarithm of arg.

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[edit] Parameters

arg - floating point value

[edit] Return value

natural logarithm of arg.

Domain error occurs if arg is negative. NAN is returned in that case.

Range error occurs if arg is 0. -HUGE_VAL is returned in that case.

[edit] Example

The following code computes the binary (base 2) logarithm with help of natural logarithm.

double base = 2.0;
double arg  = 256.0;
double result = log(arg) / log(base);// result is 8

[edit] See also

returns e raised to the given power (ex)
(function)
computes common (base 10) logarithm (log10(x))
(function)
raises a number to the given power (xy)
(function)
complex natural logarithm with the branch cuts along the negative real axis
(function template)
applies the function std::log to each element of valarray
(function template)