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<h3 class="section">1.37 <code>log2</code>, <code>log2f</code>&mdash;base 2 logarithm</h3>
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<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>
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<pre class="example">#include &lt;math.h&gt;
double log2(double <var>x</var>);
float log2f(float <var>x</var>);

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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
The <code>log2</code> functions compute the base-2 logarithm of <var>x</var>.  A domain error
occurs if the argument is less than zero.  A range error occurs if the
argument is zero.
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<p>The Newlib implementations are not full, intrinisic calculations, but
rather are derivatives based on <code>log</code>.  (Accuracy might be slightly off from
a direct calculation.)  In addition to functions, they are also implemented as
macros defined in math.h:
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<pre class="smallexample"> #define log2(x) (log (x) / _M_LN2)
 #define log2f(x) (logf (x) / (float) _M_LN2)
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<p>To use the functions instead, just undefine the macros first.
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<p><strong>Returns</strong><br>
The <code>log2</code> functions return
<code>log base-2(<var>x</var>)</code>
on success.
When <var>x</var> is zero, the
returned value is <code>-HUGE_VAL</code> and <code>errno</code> is set to <code>ERANGE</code>.
When <var>x</var> is negative, the returned value is NaN (not a number) and
<code>errno</code> is set to <code>EDOM</code>.
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<p><strong>Portability</strong><br>
C99, POSIX, System V Interface Definition (Issue 6).
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