Thread: investment interest display problem

hello first year Java student here, I have an assignment to write a program that asked for an investment amount, and interest rate. then calculates it over 30 years and displays it in a list like this:
//what output should look like:

enter investment amount :
enter amount of interest:

year cd value
1 $value 1 year interest
2 $value 2 years interest
.
.
29 $value 29 years interest
30 $value 30 years interest


here is the code I have written so far


package assign3;

/**
*
* @author david
*/import java.util.Scanner;

public class assing3 {

/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
// get info from the user
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print ("Enter investment amount: ");
double investmentAmount = input.nextDouble();
System.out.print("Enter yearly interest amount: ");
double yearlyInterestRate = input.nextDouble();
int years = 30;
double cdGain = investmentAmount * (yearlyInterestRate * .01);
double newInvestmentAmount = cdGain + investmentAmount;
System.out.println("new investment amont is: " + newInvestmentAmount);

//print the interst table
printTotal( investmentAmount, yearlyInterestRate, years, cdGain, newInvestmentAmount);
//compute interst amount for each year.

}

static void printTotal(double investmentAmount, double yearlyInterestRate, int years, double cdGain, double newInvestmentAmount){
printTotalHeading(investmentAmount, yearlyInterestRate, years, cdGain, newInvestmentAmount);
printTotalbody(investmentAmount, yearlyInterestRate, years, cdGain, newInvestmentAmount);
}
//print the heading
static void printTotalHeading(double investmentAmount, double yearlyInterestRate, int years, double cdGain, double newInvestmentAmount){
System.out.println("Months: CD Value: ");
System.out.println("---------------------------------");
}
//printing the years and values
static void printTotalbody(double newInvestmentAmount, double yearlyInterestRate, int years, double cdGain, double newInvestmentAmount){
int i = 0;
for ( i=0;i < years; i++)

System.out.println(i+1 +" " + newInvestmentAmount );

}
}


I am stumped on how to get the interest to compound and print in order next to the corresponding year.


any help would be appreciated,

how to get the interest to compound

Do you have an equation for this? Must be one online. try google.

print in order next to the corresponding year.

What does the program output now?


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currently the output is

enter investment amount: (user input1)
enter yearly interest rate : (user input2)
new investment amount is: user input1 * user input2 * .01
year CD value
-------------------------
1 user input1
2 .
. .
.
29
30

not sure how to get the cd value to keep compiling?

thanks in advance.

how to get the cd value to keep compiling

Please explain what "keep compiling" means? I computer sci terms to compile is to convert source code to object code.

I don't understand the output you posted. Your code shows that something more should be printed:
System.out.println(i+1 +" " + newInvestmentAmount );

What is the value of newInvestmentAmount? Why didn't it show on the printout?