Package ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.global.math

Class Log

java.lang.Object

ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.BIF

ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.global.math.Log

@BoxBIF(description="Calculate the natural logarithm of a number")
@BoxMember(type=NUMERIC)
public class Log
extends BIF

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.BIF

__functionName, __isMemberExecution, asyncService, cacheService, componentService, declaredArguments, functionService, interceptorService, logger, moduleService, runtime, schedulerService

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Log()	Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	_invoke(IBoxContext context, ArgumentsScope arguments)	Returns the natural logarithm of a number.
static BigDecimal	log(BigDecimal value, MathContext mc)	Computes the natural logarithm of a BigDecimal using Newton's method.

Methods inherited from class ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.BIF

announce, getDeclaredArguments, invoke

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Log

public Log()

Constructor

Method Details

_invoke

public Object _invoke(IBoxContext context,
 ArgumentsScope arguments)

Returns the natural logarithm of a number.

Specified by:

_invoke in class BIF

Parameters:

context - The context in which the BIF is being invoked.

arguments - Argument scope for the BIF.

Returns:

The result of the invocation

log

public static BigDecimal log(BigDecimal value,
 MathContext mc)

Computes the natural logarithm of a BigDecimal using Newton's method.

Parameters:

value - The BigDecimal value to compute the logarithm for.

mc - The MathContext to control the precision.

Returns:

The natural logarithm of the value.