Since there are (as integers) 5(rounding down)-6(rounding up) natural logs
of an 8 bit number and 11 for a 16 bit number...

Why not just list the 'cut-offs' in a table, find out which slot the number
falls in, and TADA! it's the slot number is the natural log.

TAS

At 04:37 PM 12/9/99 GMT0BST, Andy Farrar wrote:
>Hello,
>I have a problem with  knowing where to start, has anybody got
>example code or the method used in taking the natural log of an 8 bit
>binary number, and preferably a 16 bit number.
>Any help would be most appreciated.
>Many thanks
>Andrew Farrar
>
>
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