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## Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997 Kurt Hornik
##
## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
## any later version.
##
## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
## General Public License for more details.
##
## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
## along with this file. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
## 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
## usage: fv (r, n, p [, l] [, method])
##
## Returns the future value at the end of period n of an investment
## which consisting of n payments of p in each period, assuming an
## interest rate r.
##
## With the optional scalar argument l, one can specify an additional
## lump-sum payment. With the optional argument `method', one can
## specify whether the payments are made at the end ("e", default) or at
## the beginning ("b") of each period.
##
## Note that the rate r is not specified in percent, i.e., one has to
## write 0.05 rather than 5 %.
## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at>
## Description: Future value of an investment
function v = fv (r, n, p, l, m)
if ((nargin < 3) || (nargin > 5))
usage ("fv (r, n, p [, l] [, method])");
endif
if !(is_scal (r) && (r > -1))
error ("fv: r must be a scalar > -1");
elseif !(is_scal (n) && (n > 0))
error ("fv: n must be a positive scalar");
elseif !is_scal (p)
error ("fv: p must be a scalar.");
endif
if (r != 0)
v = p * ((1 + r)^n - 1) / r;
else
v = p * n;
endif
if (nargin > 3)
if (nargin == 5)
if !isstr (m)
error ("fv: `method' must be a string");
endif
elseif isstr (l)
m = l;
l = 0;
else
m = "e";
endif
if strcmp (m, "b")
v = v * (1 + r);
endif
if is_scal (l)
v = v + fvl (r, n, l);
else
error ("fv: l must be a scalar");
endif
endif
endfunction