August 2001
Intermediate to advanced
656 pages
18h 5m
English
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Name
NPer Function
Class
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Financial
Syntax
NPer(rate, pmt, pv [, fv [, due]])-
rate Use: Required
Data Type: Double
The interest rate per period.
-
pmt Use: Required
Data Type: Double
The payment to be made each period.
-
pv Use: Required
Data Type: Double
The present value of the series of future payments or receipts.
-
fv Use: Optional
Data Type: Double
The future value of the series of payments or receipts. If omitted, the default value is 0.
-
due Use: Optional
Data Type:
DueDateenumerationA value indicating when payments are due.
DueDate.EndOfPeriod(0) indicates that payments are due at the end of the payment period;DueDate.BegOfPeriod(1) that payments are due at the beginning of the period. If omitted, the default value is 0.
Return Value
A Double indicating the number of payments
Description
Determines the number of payment periods for an annuity based on fixed periodic payments and a fixed interest rate
Rules at a Glance
rateis a percentage expressed as a decimal. For example, a monthly interest rate of 1% is expressed as 0.01.For
pvandfv, cash paid out is represented by negative numbers; cash received is represented by positive numbers.
Example
Typically, the amount of time required to repay credit-card debt is
never explicitly stated. The following program uses the
NPer function to determine how much time is
required to repay credit-card debt.
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