8 lines
1.5 KiB
HTML
8 lines
1.5 KiB
HTML
|
<html><head><title>Command: Log10 </title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><link rel='stylesheet' href='../css/commands.css' type='text/css'></head><body><span class='Command'> Log10 (number) </span></p><span class='header'>Definition:</span> <br><br><table width='100%' border='0' cellspacing='2' cellpadding='2' align='center'><tr><td>Returns the common logarithm of the supplied argument (base 10).</td></tr></table><span class='header'><br>Parameter Description:</span> <br><br><table width='100%' border='0' cellspacing='2' cellpadding='2' align='center'><tr><td>number=float or integer</td></tr></table><p class='header'>Command Description: <br><br><table width='100%' border='0' cellspacing='2' cellpadding='2' align='center'><tr><td>Log10() is the logarithm (or inverse exponential) function to base 10. Logarithms to the base 10 are called the common logarithms. The Log10() functions uses 10 as a base. It follows the series 10^x. This function is useful for finding the power of a number in base 10.
|
||
|
|
See also: <a href='Exp.htm'>Exp</a> <a href='Log.htm'>Log</a></td></tr></table><p class='header'>Example: <br><br><table width='100%' border='0' cellspacing='2' cellpadding='2' align='center'><tr><td>; To find the value of Log10(10^5)<br>
|
||
|
|
x = 5<br>
|
||
|
|
y = 10^x<br>
|
||
|
|
Print y ; i.e. 10^5 = 10*10*10*10*10: returns 100000<br>
|
||
|
|
Print Log10(y) ; ie. Log10(10^5) = Log10(10000): returns 5.000000<br></td></tr></table><p><b><a target="_top" href="../index.htm">Index</a></b></p></body>
|
||
|
|
</html>
|