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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149416" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03080202.xhp" name="Log Function [Runtime]">Log Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145066" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns the natural logarithm of a number.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159414" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154760" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Log (Number)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149457" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150791" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Double</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151211" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>Number:</emph> Any numeric expression that you want to calculate the natural logarithm for.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">The natural logarithm is the logarithm to the base e. Base e is a constant with an approximate value of 2.718282...</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153968" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">You can calculate logarithms to any base (n) for any number (x) by dividing the natural logarithm of x by the natural logarithm of n, as follows:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145420" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Log n(x) = Log(x) / Log(n)</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155131" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="12">Example:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152463" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Sub ExampleLogExp</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145750" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Dim a as Double</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151116" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Dim const b1=12.345e12</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146985" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Dim const b2=1.345e34</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148616" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">a=Exp( Log(b1)+Log(b2) )</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149262" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">MsgBox "" &amp; a &amp; chr(13) &amp; (b1*b2) ,0,"Multiplication by logarithm function"</paragraph>
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