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PERL log Function


Syntax

log EXPR

log


Definition and Usage

Returns the natural logarithm of EXPR, or $_ if omitted.

To get the log of another base, use basic algebra: The base-N log of a number is equal to the natural log of that number divided by the natural log of N.

Return Value

  • In scalar context it returns Floating point number

Example

Try out following example:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

print "log10(2): ", log10(2), "\n";
print "log10(2): ", log10(3), "\n";
print "log10(2): ", log10(5), "\n";

sub log10 {
  my $n = shift;
  return log($n)/log(10);
}

It will produce following result:

log10(2): 0.301029995663981
log10(2): 0.477121254719662
log10(2): 0.698970004336019

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