log2

NAME

log2, log2f, log2l - base-2 logarithmic function

LIBRARY

Math library (libm, -lm)

SYNOPSIS

#include <math.h>

double log2(double x);
float log2f(float x);
long double log2l(long double x);

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

log2(), log2f(), log2l():
_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L

DESCRIPTION

These functions return the base 2 logarithm of x.

RETURN VALUE

On success, these functions return the base 2 logarithm of x.

For special cases, including where x is 0, 1, negative, infinity, or NaN, see log(3).

ERRORS

See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred when calling these functions.

For a discussion of the errors that can occur for these functions, see log(3).

VERSIONS

These functions were added in glibc 2.1.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

STANDARDS

C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

The variant returning double also conforms to SVr4, 4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO

cbrt(3), clog2(3), log(3), log10(3), sqrt(3)