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Thread: paying off dept ( can't make it stop at 0 )

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    Exclamation paying off dept ( can't make it stop at 0 )

    Heey,

    I'm having a problem with this code. It doesn't want to stop at 0.

    public class Main {
     
        /**
         * @param args the command line arguments
         */
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            double schuld = 100000;
            double rp = 9.0;
            double rente;
            double af = 15000;
            double sum;
            int jaar = 1;
     
            sum = 0;
            rente = (schuld/100) * rp;
     
            System.out.println("Jaar   Schuld   Rp   Rente  Aflossing");
            System.out.println(jaar + "    " + schuld + "    " + rp + "   " + rente + "   " + af);
     
     
            while (schuld >= 0){
     
                rente = (schuld/100) * rp;
                schuld = (schuld + rente) - af;
                jaar++;
                System.out.println(jaar + "    " + schuld + "    " + rp + "   " + rente + "   " + af);
           if(schuld == 0)
               schuld = sum;
            }
         }
    }

    Can anyone please help me?


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    Default Re: paying off dept ( can't make it stop at 0 )

    Next time please surround your code in [highlight=java][/highlight] tags.
    I'm having a problem with this code. It doesn't want to stop at 0.
    Well... Your while loop says >= 0. Either change your loop to
    while (schuld > 0){

    or change this line
    sum = -1;

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    Default Re: paying off dept ( can't make it stop at 0 )

    paying off dept ( can't make it stop at 0 )
    Isn't that more like real life though?

    Seriously though, Brty93yoda is correct. The case you specify in the while loop is the case in which it will leave. This is important because the case is evaluated BEFORE it runs the loop (unlike a Do-While). So when schuld is equal to 0 and you are expecting it to do the loop 1 more time, it actually meets the condition of schuld>=0 and it leaves the loop right then.

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    Default Re: paying off dept ( can't make it stop at 0 )

    hello bossmeister, your while-loop runs only until the variable schuld is >= 0 and then stops. the schuld variable is calculated with the formula (schuld + rente) - af. in order to become 0, you must adapt your formulara arguments or the formula, otherwise the debitor will overpay his debt. i think this is not a java but a financial issue.
    Last edited by j2me64; September 16th, 2010 at 07:49 AM.

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