Re: st: log to the base 2

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 11:41 AM 10/17/2006, Raphael Fraser wrote:
> I have been trying to find a function that can calculate the log of a
> number to base 2. I can't find one. Am I missing something here or am
> I not searching hard enough? Can any one help?
>
> I see log to base 10 and log to base e but what happen to the other bases?
My high school algebra may be failing me...but can't you do something 
like this?

. display log(16) / log(2)
4




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