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       this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux  manual  page  for  details  of
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NAME

       log, logf, logl — natural logarithm function

SYNOPSIS

       #include <math.h>

       double log(double x);
       float logf(float x);
       long double logl(long double x);

DESCRIPTION

       The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any
       conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is  unintentional.
       This volume of POSIX.1‐2008 defers to the ISO C standard.

       These functions shall compute the natural logarithm of their argument x, loge(x).

       An  application  wishing  to  check for error situations should set errno to zero and call
       feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling these functions. On return, if errno  is  non-
       zero  or fetestexcept(FE_INVALID | FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW) is non-zero,
       an error has occurred.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, these functions shall return the natural logarithm of x.

       If x is ±0, a pole error shall occur and log(), logf(), and logl() shall return −HUGE_VAL,
       −HUGE_VALF, and −HUGE_VALL, respectively.

       For  finite values of x that are less than 0, or if x is −Inf, a domain error shall occur,
       and either a NaN (if supported), or an implementation-defined value shall be returned.

       If x is NaN, a NaN shall be returned.

       If x is 1, +0 shall be returned.

       If x is +Inf, x shall be returned.

ERRORS

       These functions shall fail if:

       Domain Error
                   The finite value of x is negative, or x is −Inf.

                   If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO)  is  non-zero,  then
                   errno  shall  be set to [EDOM].  If the integer expression (math_errhandling &
                   MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero, then the invalid floating-point  exception  shall
                   be raised.

       Pole Error  The value of x is zero.

                   If  the  integer  expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero, then
                   errno shall be set to [ERANGE].  If the integer expression (math_errhandling &
                   MATH_ERREXCEPT)  is non-zero, then the divide-by-zero floating-point exception
                   shall be raised.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       On  error,  the  expressions  (math_errhandling  &  MATH_ERRNO)  and  (math_errhandling  &
       MATH_ERREXCEPT) are independent of each other, but at least one of them must be non-zero.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       exp(), feclearexcept(), fetestexcept(), isnan(), log10(), log1p()

       The  Base  Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 4.19, Treatment of Error Conditions
       for Mathematical Functions, <math.h>

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       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013  by  the
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