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Old 06-05-2008
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Hi Guys,
Is it possible to do Logarithm of a number in Unix?? i dunno how to handl logarithm operation
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assuming gnu bc:
Code:
echo "l(100)" | bc -l
l (ell) is natural logarithm.
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is there any way to do log(100) which is equal to 2
not the natural logarithm. log of base 10
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nevermind i got it
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thanks alot for your help
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