Let’s put what you’ve learned into practice with a complete web page that uses a while loop and an external JavaScript file. FIGURE 10.3’s Compound Interest web page generates a table of compound interest values for a user-specified number of years. In the figure, note the initial deposit (often referred to as the “principal”) of $1000 and the interest rate of 10%. Using those values, the table’s year 1 values are calculated as follows. The interest earned is $1000 × 10% = $100, and the ending value is $1000 + $100 = $1100. To verify the table values for years 2 through 4, use the prior ending value as the new starting value and apply the same mathematical calculations.
FIGURE 10.3 Compound Interest web ...
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