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From: john@assen.demon.co.uk (John McCabe)
Subject: Re: logarithms on ada
Date: 1997/03/04
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gs01brf@panther.Gsu.EDU (Brian R Franklin) wrote:

>I can't find this in my ADA manual.

It's not in the Ada manual.

>How can I do a logarithm in 
>ADA? The compiler doesn't seem to understand  x := log(y);
>The compiler complains that log is undefined. It appears in my
>main program so I don't think I have to instantiate it. Is there
>a mathematics package I need to declare using  "with"?

Yes there probably is and you'll have to read your compiler
documentation to find it.

TLD Ada for example provides a "math" package you need to with which
defines log and log10 functions for various types.


Best Regards
John McCabe <john@assen.demon.co.uk>