log10, log10f, log10l - base-10 logarithmic function
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Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
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│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
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│ log10(), log10f(), log10l() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
Description
These functions return the base-10 logarithm of x.
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).
History
C99, POSIX.1-2001.
The variant returning double also conforms to SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.
Library
Math library (libm, -lm)
Name
log10, log10f, log10l - base-10 logarithmic function
Return Value
On success, these functions return the base-10 logarithm of x.
For special cases, including where x is 0, 1, negative, infinity, or NaN, see log(3).
See Also
cbrt(3), clog10(3), exp10(3), log(3), log2(3), sqrt(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 log10(3)
Standards
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<math.h>doublelog10(doublex);floatlog10f(floatx);longdoublelog10l(longdoublex); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): log10f(), log10l(): _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
