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LOG(P)			   POSIX Programmer's Manual			LOG(P)

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
       These  functions	 shall compute the natural logarithm of their argument
       x, log_e(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 IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 4.18,
       Treatment of Error Conditions for Mathematical Functions, <math.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in  electronic  form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX),	The  Open  Group  Base
       Specifications  Issue  6,  Copyright  (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
       Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open  Group.  In  the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
       The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group  Standard
       is  the	referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online
       at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

IEEE/The Open Group		     2003				LOG(P)
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