1 java标准包提供了自然对数的计算方法,2 其他的对数计算可以转换为自然对数的计算。
Sun的J2SE提供了一个计算自然对数方法——double java.lang.Math.log(double)。请看如下代码:
double x = Math.log(5);
等价于下面的数学方程:
x = ln 5
或
x = loge5
其中e是内皮尔数或自然数。
如果你想算底不同的对数又该如何做呢?很遗憾,我们还没有办法计算以10为底或以2为底的对数。
但是它们却是在计算对数时用的最多的。
要想解决这个问题,我们就要回想曾经在学校里学过的数学和对数方程:
logx(y) =loge(x) / loge(y)
这只需一段简单的Java程序来实现:
public class Logarithm {
static public double log(double value, double base) {
return Math.log(value) / Math.log(base);
}
}
计算100的以10为底的对数就变为非常简单了:
double log = Logarithm.log(100, 10); // log is 2.0
512的以2为底的对数是:
double log = Logarithm.log(512, 2); // log is 9.0
下面的两个简单的方法也都是很有用的:
static public double log2(double value) {
return log(value, 2.0);
}
static public double log10(double value) {
return log(value, 10.0);
}
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Java supplies a function to calculate natural logs, base e = 2.718281828459045. To calculate logs to other bases, you need to multiply by a fixed constant: for a log base b multiply by 1/logeb
// Logs.java: try out logarithm formulas
public class Logs {
// main function to try out Logs class
public static void main (String[] args) {
System.out.println("log base 2 of 1024 = " + log2(1024));
System.out.println("log base 10 of 1000 = " + log10(1000));
System.out.println("log 2 = " + Math.log(2));
System.out.println("1/log 2 = " + 1/Math.log(2));
System.out.println("log base 10 of 2 = " + log10(2));
} // end of main
// log2: Logarithm base 2
public static double log2(double d) {
return Math.log(d)/Math.log(2.0);
}
// log10: Logarithm base 10
public static double log10(double d) {
return Math.log(d)/Math.log(10.0);
}
}
/* Output:
log base 2 of 1024 = 10.0
log base 10 of 1000 = 2.9999999999999996
log 2 = 0.6931471805599453
1/log 2 = 1.4426950408889634
log base 10 of 2 = 0.30102999566398114
*/
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package test;
import java.util.Vector;
/**
*
* @author 张洪铭
*
*/
class Probability {
private String pro = "";
private double pvalue;
public Probability(String a, double d) {
pro = a;
pvalue = d;
}
public String getPro(){
return pro;
}
public double getPvaluep( ){
return pvalue;
}
}
public class LogCount {
public static double getP(double a, double b, double ab) {
return ab / a * b;
}
/**
* 计算对数log(base)(Value)的值
* @param value
* @param base 对数底
* @return log(base)(Value)的值
*/
private static float log(double value, double base) {
return (float) (Math.log(value) / Math.log(base));
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
VectorpArray=new Vector();
pArray.addElement(new Probability("A",0.8));
pArray.addElement(new Probability("B",0.9));
pArray.addElement(new Probability("AB",0.5));
double a = pArray.elementAt(0).getPvaluep();
double b = pArray.elementAt(1).getPvaluep();
double c = pArray.elementAt(2).getPvaluep();
System.err.println(LogCount.log(getP(a,b,c),2));
}
}