Help 3.2
Log
1. Function
Log displays important messages for calculations performed.
Fig. 1. Log.
2. Options
In Preferences you can adjust the behavior of the Log window.
3. How to use
Log displays Errors in red and Warnings in blue.
If some Error encountered, calculator stops evaluating, because cannot proceed.
Warnings are information messages.
Use Context column of the Log window to locate the source of the
Error or Warning.
3. Messages
All the Log messages fall into two groups: Errors and Warnings.
If Error occurs, calculations cannot be completed.
Warnings are not that serious, but you are to take them into account cosidering the result.
| Message | Category | Description |
1 | Domain | Error | Function is not defined for the input argument(s). |
2 | Overflow | Error | Operation or function call resulted in too big number, that cannot be presented in double precision. |
3 | Singularity | Error | Function has singularity for the input argument. |
4 | Syntax | Error | The expression cannot be evaluated, because it is entered the wrong way. |
5 | Not initialized | Warning | Not initialized memory recalled, such memory treated as keeping 0. Usually means, you mistyped the memory cell name. |
6 | Partial precision loss | Warning | Precision is lost partially, so, the result can be used for estimation only. |
7 | Total precision loss | Warning | Precision is lost, so, the result cannot be trusted. |
8 | Underflow | Warning | Operator or function call resulted in too small number, that cannot be presented in double precision, so it is replaced with 0. |
Table. 1. Log messages.
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