[Tutor] python strings?
andrade1@umbc.edu
andrade1 at umbc.edu
Thu Sep 8 16:06:46 CEST 2005
below is my program. what i would like to do is to get the last line to
print the number of years that the user enters and also the principal
# A program to compute the value of an investment
# years into the future
def main():
print "This program calculates the future value of an investment over
years"
principal = input("Enter the initial principal: ")
apr = input("Enter the annual interest rate: ")
years = input("Enter the number of years: ")
for i in range(10):
principal = principal * (1 + apr)
print "The value in years is", principal
main()
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