The “log” Function in R

• Package: Base R (No specific package, it’s a built-in function)

• Purpose: To compute the natural logarithm of a numeric vector.

• General Class: Mathematical Computation

• Required Argument(s):

• x: A numeric vector for which the natural logarithm is to be computed.

• Notable Optional Arguments:

• base: A numeric value indicating the base of the logarithm. The default is exp(1) which corresponds to the natural logarithm.

• Example:

• # Example usage
  my_vector <- c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
  
  # Compute the natural logarithm
  log_values <- log(my_vector)
  
  print(log_values)

• In this example, log is a built-in function in base R, and it is used to compute the natural logarithm of a numeric vector. The x argument is the required numeric vector for which the logarithm is calculated. The base argument is optional and allows you to specify the base of the logarithm (default is exp(1) for the natural logarithm). The result is a numeric vector where each element represents the natural logarithm of the corresponding element in the input vector.