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<topic>
<category>ib_udf</category>
<ref_entry>LOG()</ref_entry>
<creator date="2005/02/16 15:31:12">山田健一</creator>
<modified />
<definition>底がnの対数を返します。</definition>
<structure>
<function>
<name>LOG</name>
<args>
<a><var>base</var></a>
<a><var>val</var></a>
</args>
</function>
</structure>
<arguments>
<argument>
<name><var>base</var></name><description>数値データ型の列または式</description>
</argument>
<argument>
<name><var>val</var></name><description>数値データ型の列または式</description>
</argument>
</arguments>
<declaration>DECLARE EXTERNAL FUNCTION log 
	DOUBLE PRECISION, DOUBLE PRECISION
	RETURNS DOUBLE PRECISION BY VALUE
	ENTRY_POINT 'IB_UDF_log' MODULE_NAME 'ib_udf';</declaration>
<description>引数<var>base</var>を底とする対数を返します。</description>
<examples>
<example>
<!--SEQ = 1-->
<description>自然対数との比較を行います。</description>
<samplecode>SELECT LOG(2.7182818284590459,2) , LN(2) FROM RDB$DATABASE;</samplecode>
<result>     0.6931471805599451      0.6931471805599453</result>
</example>
<example>
<!--SEQ = 2-->
<description>常用対数との比較を行います。</description>
<samplecode>SELECT LOG(10,2) , LOG10(2) FROM RDB$DATABASE;</samplecode>
<result>     0.3010299956639812      0.3010299956639812</result>
</example>
</examples>
<see_also>
<keyword name="udf_ln">LN()</keyword>
<keyword name="udf_log10">LOG10()</keyword>
</see_also>
</topic>
