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  1. /* Calculate future value */
  2. class calcfuture {
  3.  
  4.    public static void main(String args[]) {
  5.  
  6.        System.out.println(calc_future(0.0F,0.08f,4));
  7.        }
  8.  
  9.   /* method doing the work */
  10.    public static float calc_future (float principal,float interest,int years) {
  11.  
  12.        if (principal == 0.0) return 0.0f;
  13.  
  14.        float the_answer = principal; 
  15.  
  16.        for (int y=0; y<years; ++y)
  17.          the_answer += the_answer * interest;
  18.  
  19.        return the_answer;
  20.        }
  21.      }
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