$\displaystyle{|x-a|< \delta}$
$\displaystyle{|e^{x} - e^{a}|< \epsilon}$
$⟺\displaystyle{\ln|e^{x} - e^{a}|< \ln\epsilon}$
$⟺\displaystyle{\frac{x}{a} < \ln\epsilon}$
if $a$ > 0
then $\displaystyle{x < a\ln\epsilon}$ $⟺\displaystyle{x-a<a (\ln\epsilon - 1)}$ $⟺\displaystyle{x-a \leq |x-a| < \delta}$
Choose $\delta$ < $a\ln\epsilon$ such that $x-a<a (\ln\epsilon - 1)$
if $a$ < 0
then $\displaystyle{x > a\ln\epsilon}$ $⟺ \displaystyle{x-a>a (\ln\epsilon - 1)}$ $⟺ \displaystyle{\delta > x-a \geq |x-a| }$
Choose $\delta$ < $a\ln\epsilon$ such that $x-a>a (\ln\epsilon - 1)$
Is this correct?