transcendental-lisp/lisp/finance/compound-interest.lisp

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(defun decrement (n) (- n 1))
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(defun percent-of-number (n percentage)
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(if (> percentage 0)
(/ (+ (* n percentage) 50) 100)
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(/ (- (* n percentage) 50) 100)))
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(defun compound-interest (principal interest-rate years)
(if (< years 1)
principal
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(compound-interest
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(+ principal (percent-of-number principal interest-rate))
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interest-rate
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(decrement years))))