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LOG2(3) 						     Linux Programmer's Manual							   LOG2(3)

NAME
log2, log2f, log2l - base-2 logarithmic function
SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h> double log2(double x); float log2f(float x); long double log2l(long double x); Link with -lm. Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): log2(), log2f(), log2l(): _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE; or cc -std=c99
DESCRIPTION
The log2() function returns the base 2 logarithm of x.
RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return the base 2 logarithm of x. For special cases, including where x is 0, 1, negative, infinity, or NaN, see log(3).
ERRORS
See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred when calling these functions. For a discussion of the errors that can occur for these functions, see log(3).
VERSIONS
These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
CONFORMING TO
C99, POSIX.1-2001. The variant returning double also conforms to SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.
SEE ALSO
cbrt(3), clog2(3), log(3), log10(3), sqrt(3)
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/. 2010-06-13 LOG2(3)
Related Man Pages
log2f(3) - linux
log2l(3) - linux
log2l(3) - debian
log2(3) - centos
log2l(3) - centos
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