DOCUMENT:Q155692  14-DEC-1999  [foxpro]
TITLE   :HOWTO: Calculate Payments in FoxPro
PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,5.0,6.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbvfp300 kbvfp500 kbvfp600

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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The PAYMENT() function in Visual FoxPro allows the user to calculate a payment
amount per month based upon a fixed interest rate.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following program displays the monthly payment for a 15-year home mortgage
based upon an 8-percent interest rate:

      nTotal=100000  && total amount borrowed is $100000
      nRate=.08/12   && payment is made at the end of each month with fixed
                     && interest rate
      nPayments=180  && 180 months in 15 year period

      cDisplay=MESSAGEBOX("Your monthly payment is" ;
         +" "+"$"+ALLTRIM(STR(PAYMENT(nTotal,nRate,nPayments))))

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbvfp300 kbvfp500 kbvfp600 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300 kbVFP300b kbVFP500 kbVFP600
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,5.0,6.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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