Computer Science Canada Turing wont calculate the new total if added again+ |
| Author: | Stickman [ Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Turing wont calculate the new total if added again+ |
Im having issue with the program and it keeps showing the same error every time and it not adding the new total Expected result when: Every time the command is run again by the loop it should add a new number to it. the cause: total := investment * intrate the program keeps showing the same results. i tried to fix it but it not working, this is for a assignment I have to hand in cause I need to catch up on the work. Turing script: %folder 0: note %folder 1: var var year: int var value: real var money: real var investment: real var total: real var intrate: real money := 0 intrate := 0 investment := 0 year := 0 %folder 2: script put "whats your investment" get investment put "what your intrest rate" get intrate put "how much money do you want to have" get money loop total := investment * intrate year := year + 1 put "year:", year put "total:", total exit when total = money end loop |
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| Author: | scholarlytutor [ Thu Mar 10, 2022 5:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turing wont calculate the new total if added again+ |
Hi Stickman, The code is mostly good, but there are a few of problems The first problem is that your number stays the same each year. That's because your 'investment' variable never changes. Delete the total variable because you don't need it. Keep adding the value to 'investment' instead. The second problem is with your maths. So let's say we invest $200 at 5% interest. So after a year that is $215. To get that, you need to multiply $200 by 0.05: investment += investment * (intrate/100) Finally, to exit the loop, you exit when investment is >= money, not equal to, because most of the time the investment will not equal exactly the amount of money a person wants to have. Here's the final code: loop investment += investment * (intrate / 100) year := year + 1 put "year:", year put "total:", investment : 0 : 2 exit when investment >= money delay (1000) end loop The : 0 : 2 beside investment will round it to two decimal places so that it looks better. Also, the delay (1000) will wait 1 second so that you can see the results in slow motion. Hope that helps! |
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