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    Default Present Value

    import java.util.Scanner;
    import java.text.DecimalFormat;
     
    public class PresentValue
    {
       public static void main(String[] args)
       {
          Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
          DecimalFormat num = new DecimalFormat("#,###.00");
          double present = 0.0, annualRate = 0.0, future = 0.0, numberOfYears = 0.0;
     
          System.out.print("Enter the future value: ");
          future = keyboard.nextDouble();
     
          System.out.print("Enter annual interest rate (in decimal point, not percent): ");
          annualRate = keyboard.nextDouble();
     
          System.out.print("Enter the number of years: ");
          numberOfYears = keyboard.nextDouble();
     
          present = presentValue(future, present, annualRate, numberOfYears);
          System.out.print("Present value must be: $" + num.format(present));
       }
       public static double presentValue(double f, double p, double r, double n)
       {      
          p = f/Math.pow(1 + r, n);
          return p;
       }
    }

    If the user were to enter 2.5 for the annual interest rate, how can I make sure it changes it to .025 instead of having to ask the user to enter in decimals and not percent?
    Last edited by rosiems95; April 3rd, 2014 at 10:06 PM.


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    Default Re: Present Value

    this is a Math question. Try to open you math books in grade school, or try to do an internet search about rates/percentage.

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    Default Re: Present Value

    Or, it's an input validation/modification question. Determine the scale of the value input by the user and modify it appropriately for the equation being used - and that's back to the math question.

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