Retrieve the logarithm of number in a specified base ?
Sisyphus
kalinabears at iinet.net.au
Mon Dec 6 05:48:11 CET 2004
Evadream wrote:
> RTFM ! :D
>
> Function: int mpfr_log (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mp_rnd_t rnd)
>
> Sorry, again.
>
> If you've got any suggestions, or another method to retrieve what i want :)
>
> Thanx !
>
If you need to get a base N logarithm of a number (where N is something
other than 2, 10, or e) then you might want to make use of the following
(well known) relationship:
The base-N logarithm of a number is equal to the natural (base-e) log of
that number, divided by the natural log of N.
Cheers,
Rob
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