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Draft MDC Standard

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2 MATH Library
2.35 LOG

LOG(X,PREC) ;
	New L,LIM,M,N,K,VALUE
	If X'>0 Set $Ecode=",M28,"
	Set PREC=$Get(PREC,11)
	Set M=1
	;
	For N=0:1 Quit:(X/M)<10  Set M=M*10
	;
	If X<1 For N=0:–1 Quit:(X/M)>0.1  Set M=M*0.1
	Set X=X/M
	Set X=(X–1)/(X+1),(VALUE,L)=X
	Set LIM=$Select((PREC+3)'>11:PREC+3,1:11),@("LIM=1E-"_LIM)
	For K=3:2 Set L=L*X*X,M=L/K,VALUE=M+VALUE Set:M<0 M=-M Quit:M<LIM
	Set VALUE=VALUE*2+(N*2.30258509298749)
	Quit VALUE
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