[R] Searching for antilog function

Liaw, Andy andy_liaw at merck.com
Wed Nov 24 20:14:25 CET 2004


What's wrong with log2()?

> log2(16)
[1] 4

Isn't that exactly what you asked for?

Andy

> From: Heather J. Branton
> 
> Dear R-users,
> 
> I have a basic question about how to determine the antilog of 
> a variable.
> 
> Say I have some number, x, which is a factor of 2 such that x 
> = 2^y. I 
> want to figure out what y is, i.e. I am looking for the 
> antilog base 2 of x.
> 
> I have found log2 in the Reference Manual. But I am struggling how to 
> get the antilog of that.
> 
> Any help will be appreciated!
> 
>  > version
> 
> platform i386-pc-mingw32
> arch     i386          
> os       mingw32       
> system   i386, mingw32 
> status                 
> major    1             
> minor    9.1           
> year     2004          
> month    06            
> day      21            
> language R
> 
> ...heather
> 
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