log10, log10l

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Header File

math.h

Category

Math Routines

Prototype

double log10(double x);

long double log10l(long double x);

Description

log10 calculates the base ten logarithm of x.

log10l is the long double version; it takes a long double argument and returns a long double result.

Return Value

On success, log10 (or log10l) returns the calculated value log base ten of x.

If the argument x passed to these functions is real and less than 0, the global variable errno is set to

EDOM	Domain error

If x is 0, these functions return the value negative HUGE_VAL (log10) or _LHUGE_VAL (log10l). Error handling for these routines can be modified through the functions _matherr and _matherrl.

Example

#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
   double result;
   double x = 800.6872;
   result = log10(x);
   printf("The common log of %lf is %lf\n", x, result);
   return 0;
}

Portability

	POSIX	Win32	ANSI C	ANSI C++
log10	+	+	+	+
log10l		+	+	+