1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 382a1df74SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4253bff03Smseidel * 582a1df74SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 682a1df74SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 782a1df74SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 882a1df74SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 982a1df74SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 1082a1df74SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 1182a1df74SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12253bff03Smseidel * 1382a1df74SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14253bff03Smseidel * 1582a1df74SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 1682a1df74SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 1782a1df74SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 1882a1df74SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 1982a1df74SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 2082a1df74SAndrew Rist * under the License. 21253bff03Smseidel * 2282a1df74SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 2382a1df74SAndrew Rist 24cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsbasicshared03080201xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Exp Function [Runtime]</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03080201.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="exp"> 33*cd3ec106Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150616"> 34*cd3ec106Smseidel<bookmark_value>Exp function</bookmark_value> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150616" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03080201.xhp" name="Exp Function [Runtime]">Exp Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155555" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns the base of the natural logarithm (e = 2.718282) raised to a power.</paragraph> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150984" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145315" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Exp (Number)</paragraph> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154347" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149670" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Double</paragraph> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154760" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150793" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Number:</emph> Any numeric expression that specifies the power that you want to raise "e" to (the base of natural logarithms). The power must be for both single-precision numbers less than or equal to 88.02969 and double-precision numbers less than or equal to 709.782712893, since $[officename] Basic returns an Overflow error for numbers exceeding these values.</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Example:</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153193" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Sub ExampleLogExp</paragraph> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3125864" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Dim dValue as Double</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145172" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">const b1=12.345e12</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159254" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">const b2=1.345e34</paragraph> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147287" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">dValue=Exp( Log(b1)+Log(b2) )</paragraph> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3161832" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">MsgBox "" & dValue & chr(13) & (b1*b2) ,0,"Multiplication by logarithm"</paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151112" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">end sub</paragraph> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 58