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4b8c67d9 36.TH LOG2 3 2017-09-15 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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37.SH NAME
38log2, log2f, log2l \- base-2 logarithmic function
39.SH SYNOPSIS
40.nf
41.B #include <math.h>
68e4db0a 42.PP
fea681da 43.BI "double log2(double " x );
fea681da 44.BI "float log2f(float " x );
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45.BI "long double log2l(long double " x );
46.fi
68e4db0a 47.PP
cc4615cc 48Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
68e4db0a 49.PP
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50.in -4n
51Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
52.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
53.in
68e4db0a 54.PP
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55.ad l
56.BR log2 (),
57.BR log2f (),
58.BR log2l ():
9fefcdd8 59.RS 4
cd2d5ec1 60_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L
9fefcdd8 61.RE
cc4615cc 62.ad b
fea681da 63.SH DESCRIPTION
5600f73a 64These functions return the base 2 logarithm of
022671eb 65.IR x .
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66.SH RETURN VALUE
67On success, these functions return the base 2 logarithm of
68.IR x .
847e0d88 69.PP
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70For special cases, including where
71.I x
72is 0, 1, negative, infinity, or NaN, see
73.BR log (3).
fea681da 74.SH ERRORS
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75See
76.BR math_error (7)
77for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred
78when calling these functions.
847e0d88 79.PP
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80For a discussion of the errors that can occur for these functions, see
81.BR log (3).
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82.SH VERSIONS
83These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
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84.SH ATTRIBUTES
85For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
86.BR attributes (7).
87.TS
88allbox;
89lbw24 lb lb
90l l l.
91Interface Attribute Value
92T{
93.BR log2 (),
94.BR log2f (),
95.BR log2l ()
96T} Thread safety MT-Safe
97.TE
47297adb 98.SH CONFORMING TO
9a74e018 99C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
847e0d88 100.PP
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101The variant returning
102.I double
103also conforms to
3c78ebef 104SVr4, 4.3BSD.
47297adb 105.SH SEE ALSO
fea681da 106.BR cbrt (3),
36268806 107.BR clog2 (3),
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108.BR log (3),
109.BR log10 (3),
fea681da 110.BR sqrt (3)