method

log10

v1_8_6_287 - Show latest stable - Class: Math

log10(p1)

public

Returns the base 10 logarithm of numeric.

/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     Math.log10(numeric)    => float
 *  
 *  Returns the base 10 logarithm of <i>numeric</i>.
 */

static VALUE
math_log10(obj, x)
    VALUE obj, x;
{
    double d;

    Need_Float(x);
    errno = 0;
    d = log10(RFLOAT(x)->value);
    domain_check(d, "log10");
    return rb_float_new(d);
}

1Note

Any base logarithm

szeryf · Jul 13, 2009

Using basic arithmetic you can get logarithm with any base:

def log_with_base base, num
Math.log(num) / Math.log(base)
end

Examples:

>> log_with_base 2, 10
=> 3.32192809488736
>> log_with_base 2, 2
=> 1.0
>> log_with_base 2, 4
=> 2.0
>> log_with_base 2, 16
=> 4.0
>> log_with_base 4, 16
=> 2.0

log10

1Note

Any base logarithm

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