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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
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