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+ <topic id="textsbasicshared03080202xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
+ <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Log Function</title>
+ <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03080202.xhp</filename>
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+<section id="log">
+<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149416">
+ <bookmark_value>Log function</bookmark_value>
+</bookmark>
+
+
+<paragraph id="hd_id3149416" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03080202.xhp" name="Log Function">Log Function</link></paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3145066" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Returns the natural logarithm of a number.</paragraph>
+</section>
+
+<paragraph id="hd_id3159414" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
+<bascode>
+<paragraph id="par_id3154760" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Log (Number)</paragraph>
+</bascode>
+
+<paragraph id="hd_id3149457" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Return value:</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3150791" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Double</paragraph>
+
+<paragraph id="hd_id3151211" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3151041" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Number:</emph> Any numeric expression that you want to calculate the natural logarithm for.</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3150869" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">The natural logarithm is the logarithm to the base e. Base e is a constant with an approximate value of 2.718282...</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3153968" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">You can calculate logarithms to any base (n) for any number (x) by dividing the natural logarithm of x by the natural logarithm of n, as follows:</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3145420" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Log n(x) = Log(x) / Log(n)</paragraph>
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+<paragraph id="hd_id3155131" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
+<bascode>
+<paragraph id="par_idm1341571344" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleLogExp</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_idm1341570112" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim a As Double</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_idm1341568880" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim Const b1=12.345e12</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_idm1341567648" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim Const b2=1.345e34</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_idm1341566416" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> a=Exp( Log(b1)+Log(b2) )</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3149262" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox "" &amp; a &amp; chr(13) &amp; (b1*b2) ,0,"Multiplication by logarithm function"</paragraph>
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+</bascode>
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