Re: Log Function
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- Subject: [mg68207] Re: Log Function
- From: Bill Rowe <readnewsciv at earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:00:40 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On 7/27/06 at 5:29 AM, joealan at mac.com (Joe) wrote: >I am very new so please be gentle. I am attempting to use >Mathematica 5.2 for the first time and I am in trouble already. I >want to take the log of 15. I have tried log[2., 15] and I get an >echo. I tried N[log[2.,15]] I get a buzzer. What am I doing wrong? Names for all built in Mathematica functions start with upper case letters. Any name you use begining with a lower case letter will be returned to you unevaluated unless you have defined the function. So, you need In[11]:= Log[2.,15] Out[11]= 3.90689 -- To reply via email subtract one hundred and four