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layout: "language"
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page_title: "log - Functions - Configuration Language"
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sidebar_current: "docs-funcs-numeric-log"
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description: |-
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The log function returns the logarithm of a given number in a given base.
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---
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# `log` Function
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-> **Note:** This page is about Terraform 0.12 and later. For Terraform 0.11 and
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earlier, see
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[0.11 Configuration Language: Interpolation Syntax](../../configuration-0-11/interpolation.html).
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`log` returns the logarithm of a given number in a given base.
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```hcl
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log(number, base)
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```
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## Examples
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```
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> log(50, 10)
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1.6989700043360185
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> log(16, 2)
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4
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```
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`log` and `ceil` can be used together to find the minimum number of binary
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digits required to represent a given number of distinct values:
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```
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> ceil(log(15, 2))
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4
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> ceil(log(16, 2))
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4
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> ceil(log(17, 2))
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5
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```
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