What does O(log n) mean exactly?

Question

I am learning about Big O Notation running times and amortized times. I understand the notion of O(n) linear time, meaning that the size of the input affects the g

Answer 1

These 2 cases will take O(log n) time

case 1: f(int n) {
      int i;
      for (i = 1; i < n; i=i*2)
        printf("%d", i);
    }


 case 2  : f(int n) {
      int i;
      for (i = n; i>=1 ; i=i/2)
        printf("%d", i);
    }