LOG

Syntax

log::=

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Purpose

LOG returns the logarithm, base m, of n. The base m can be any positive value other than 0 or 1 and n can be any positive value.

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

Examples

The following example returns the log of 100:

SELECT LOG(10,100) "Log base 10 of 100" FROM DUAL;

Log base 10 of 100
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