To compute the logarithm of elements of a tensor in PyTorch, we use the torch.log() method. It returns a new tensor with the natural logarithm values of the elements of the original input tensor. It takes a tensor as the input parameter and outputs a tensor.
Steps
Import the required library. In all the following Python examples, the required Python library is torch. Make sure you have already installed it.
Create a tensor and print it.
Compute torch.log(input). It takes input, a tensor, as the input parameter and returns a new tensor with the natural logarithm values of elements of the input.
Print the tensor with the natural logarithm values of elements of the original input tensor.
Example 1
The following Python program shows how to compute the natural logarithm of a PyTorch tensor.
# import necessary library
import torch
# Create a tensor
t = torch.Tensor([2.3,3,2.3,4,3.4])
# print the above created tensor
print("Original tensor:\n", t)
# compute the logarithm of elements of the above tensor
log = torch.log(t)
# print the computed logarithm of elements
print("Logarithm of Elements:\n", log)Output
Original tensor: tensor([2.3000, 3.0000, 2.3000, 4.0000, 3.4000]) Logrithm of Elements: tensor([0.8329, 1.0986, 0.8329, 1.3863, 1.2238])
Example 2
The following Python program shows how to compute the natural logarithm of a 2D tensor.
# import necessary libraries
import torch
# Create a tensor of random numbers of size 3x4
t = torch.rand(3,4)
# print the above created tensor
print("Original tensor:\n", t)
# compute the logarithm of elements of the above tensor
log = torch.log(t)
# print the computed logarithm of elements
print("Logarithm of Elements:\n", log)Output
Original tensor: tensor([[0.1245, 0.0448, 0.1176, 0.7607], [0.7415, 0.7738, 0.0694, 0.6983], [0.8371, 0.6169, 0.3858, 0.8027]]) Logarithm of Elements: tensor([[-2.0837, -3.1048, -2.1405, -0.2735], [-0.2990, -0.2565, -2.6676, -0.3591], [-0.1778, -0.4830, -0.9524, -0.2198]])