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Oracle® Database SQL Reference
10g Release 1 (10.1)

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LN


Syntax

ln::=
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Purpose

LN returns the natural logarithm of n, where n is greater than 0.

This function takes as an argument any numeric datatype or any nonnumeric datatype that can be implicitly converted to a numeric datatype. If the argument is BINARY_FLOAT, then the function returns BINARY_DOUBLE. Otherwise the function returns the same numeric datatype as the argument.


See Also:

Table 2-11, "Implicit Type Conversion Matrix" for more information on implicit conversion


Examples

The following example returns the natural logarithm of 95:

SELECT LN(95) "Natural log of 95" FROM DUAL;

Natural log of 95
-----------------
       4.55387689