Vector Natural Log

Technical Analysis Indicator: ln

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Function Prototype

/* Vector Natural Log */
/* Type: simple */
/* Input arrays: 1    Options: 0    Output arrays: 1 */
/* Inputs: real */
/* Options: none */
/* Outputs: ln */
int ti_ln_start(TI_REAL const *options);
int ti_ln(int size,
      TI_REAL const *const *inputs,
      TI_REAL const *options,
      TI_REAL *const *outputs);

Description

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Vector Natural Log returns the natural logarithm for each element in the input array.

$$ln_{t} = \ln{input_{t}} $$

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Example Usage

Calling From C

/* Example usage of Vector Natural Log */
/* Assuming that 'input' is a pre-loaded array of size 'in_size'. */
TI_REAL *inputs[] = {input};
TI_REAL options[] = {}; /* No options */
TI_REAL *outputs[1]; /* ln */

/* Determine how large the output size is for our options. */
const int out_size = in_size - ti_ln_start(options);

/* Allocate memory for output. */
outputs[0] = malloc(sizeof(TI_REAL) * out_size); assert(outputs[0] != 0); /* ln */

/* Run the actual calculation. */
const int ret = ti_ln(in_size, inputs, options, outputs);
assert(ret == TI_OKAY);

Calling From Lua (with Tulip Chart bindings)

-- Example usage of Vector Natural Log
ln = ti.ln(input)

Example Calculation

dateinputln
2005-11-0181.594.40
2005-11-0281.064.40
2005-11-0382.874.42
2005-11-0483.004.42
2005-11-0783.614.43
2005-11-0883.154.42
2005-11-0982.844.42
2005-11-1083.994.43
2005-11-1184.554.44
2005-11-1484.364.44
2005-11-1585.534.45
2005-11-1686.544.46
2005-11-1786.894.47
2005-11-1887.774.48
2005-11-2187.294.47

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