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Defined in header
(1)
float log ( float num ); double log ( double num ); long double log ( long double num ); (until C++23)
/*floating-point-type*/ log ( /*floating-point-type*/ num ); (since C++23) (constexpr since C++26)
float logf( float num ); (2) (since C++11) (constexpr since C++26)
long double logl( long double num ); (3) (since C++11) (constexpr since C++26)
SIMD overload (since C++26)
Defined in header
template< /*math-floating-point*/ V > constexpr /*deduced-simd-t*/<V> log ( const V& v_num ); (S) (since C++26)
Additional overloads (since C++11)
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template< class Integer > double log ( Integer num ); (A) (constexpr since C++26)

1-3) Computes the natural (base-e) logarithm of num. The library provides overloads of std::log for all cv-unqualified floating-point types as the type of the parameter.(since C++23)

A) Additional overloads are provided for all integer types, which are treated as double. (since C++11)

[edit] Parameters

num - floating-point or integer value

[edit] Return value

If no errors occur, the natural (base-e) logarithm of num (ln(num) or loge(num)) is returned.

If a domain error occurs, an implementation-defined value is returned (NaN where supported).

If a pole error occurs, -HUGE_VAL, -HUGE_VALF, or -HUGE_VALL is returned.

[edit] Error handling

Errors are reported as specified in math_errhandling.

Domain error occurs if num is less than zero.

Pole error may occur if num is zero.

If the implementation supports IEEE floating-point arithmetic (IEC 60559),

[edit] Notes

The additional overloads are not required to be provided exactly as (A). They only need to be sufficient to ensure that for their argument num of integer type, std::log(num) has the same effect as std::log(static_cast<double>(num)).

[edit] Example

Possible output:

log(1) = 0 base-5 logarithm of 125 = 3 log(1) = 0 log(+Inf) = inf log(0) = -inf errno == ERANGE: Numerical result out of range FE_DIVBYZERO raised

[edit] See also

log10log10flog10l(C++11)(C++11) computes common (base 10) logarithm (\({\small\log_{10}{x}}\)log10(x)) (function) [edit]
log2log2flog2l(C++11)(C++11)(C++11) base 2 logarithm of the given number (\({\small\log_{2}{x}}\)log2(x)) (function) [edit]
log1plog1pflog1pl(C++11)(C++11)(C++11) natural logarithm (to base e) of 1 plus the given number (\({\small\ln{(1+x)}}\)ln(1+x)) (function) [edit]
expexpfexpl(C++11)(C++11) returns e raised to the given power (\({\small e^x}\)ex) (function) [edit]
log(std::complex) complex natural logarithm with the branch cuts along the negative real axis (function template) [edit]
log(std::valarray) applies the function std::log to each element of valarray (function template) [edit]
C documentation for log