Re: Is there a way to change bases on 86?

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Subject: Re: Is there a way to change bases on 86?
From: Tom Lake <tomlake@SLIC.COM>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 22:21:21 -0500
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Reply-To: Tom Lake <tomlake@SLIC.COM>
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>ln( will do log base e. Otherwise, there is no built-in log function to any
>base. On a 92 or an 89, you could make something like:
>SLOG(number,base)
>SLOG meaning Super-Log, of course.


The original message isn't on my server but are you sure he meant that type
of base and not base 2, base 8, base 16 as opposed to base-10 (decimal)?  If
he meant the log base,
ln(x) / ln(y) will give log base y of x

Tom Lake

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