Question

Need help debugging the second problem of PSet1

Answer 1

My code is producing no output and i can't figure out why. Thanks in advance!

## Problem Set 1, Problem 2

outstandingBalance = float(raw_input("Please enter the outstanding balance on the card: "))
interestRate = float(raw_input("Please enter the annual interest rate on the card: "))
monthlyInterestRate = interestRate/12.0
initialBalance = outstandingBalance


paymentAmount = 0
monthsRequired = 1
while paymentAmount<=outstandingBalance:
print ("here1")
paymentAmount = paymentAmount+10
monthsRequired=1
outstandingBalance = initialBalance
while monthsRequired<=12 and outstandingBalance>0:
print ("here2")
outstandingBalance = outstandingBalance * (1+monthlyInterestRate)-paymentAmount
monthsRequired = monthsRequired +1
if outstandingBalance<0:
print ("Monthly payment to pay off debt in 1 year: " + str(paymentAmount))
print ("Number of months needed: " + str(monthsRequired))
print ("Balance: " + str(outstandingBalance))

Answer 2

Can you use on of the code posting services, like the one on github or pastebin? See, if I copy your code from here, it will remove all formatting and I will have to edit the code just to try it and look for errors. =/

I see you have a lot of test prints in there, and by no output I assume you mean it never even does those. If so, then it is not even getting to the start of the loop, which is odd.

Answer 3

Hmmm....
What version of Python are you using and did you save the file as a .py?

Answer 4

are most ppl in the compsci section practising python?

Answer 5

Mechanical Mooc is starting their new round of Python class... so it drives up the Python business.

Answer 6

add more print statements like this maybe
http://dpaste.com/1249318/