clog (3)

#include <complex.h>

double complex clog(double complex z);

float complex clogf(float complex z);

long double complex clogl(long double complex z);

Link with -lm.

The logarithm clog() is the inverse function of the exponential cexp(3). Thus, if y = clog(z), then z = cexp(y). The imaginary part of y is chosen in the interval [-pi,pi].

One has:

    clog(z) = log(cabs(z)) + I * carg(z)

Note that z close to zero will cause an overflow.

These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

C99.

cabs(3), cexp(3), clog10(3), clog2(3), complex(7)

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