Question

'bal=float(raw_input("what is your credit card balance?")
ans=float(raw_input("And you annual interest rate?")
mpr=float(raw_input("How about your minimum monthly payment rate?")

month=0
while (month<12):
mpr*bal=mmp
(ans/12)*bal=ipm
mmp-ipm=ppm
bal-ppm=rmb
print(month)
print("your minimum monthly payment is", mmp)
print("Your remaining balance is", rmb)
print("Your principal paid this month is", ppm)'
problem set 1 help please?

Answer 1

This is my code beginning. idk whats wrong i feel like I'm giving it the right instructions but i know its my error not the computers ):

Answer 2

for one, I'm pretty sure you want the variables getting assigned things to be on the left of the = assignment

Answer 3

what you're doing is 5=x instead of x=5

Answer 4

Im confused. its reading me a syntax error and highlighting the second variable listed here as 'ans'. 'ans' is the variable i want and i want it equal to whatever the user inputs for their annual interest rate. I see that further down i put the variable on the right, thank you for that insight as it would have went unnoticed. But I'm not sure where the error is in the second line.

Answer 5

I don't know python so I can't address syntax. instead of
```
mpr*bal=mmp
(ans/12)*bal=ipm
mmp-ipm=ppm
bal-ppm=rmb
```
try
```
mmp=mpr*bal
ipm= (ans/12)*bal
ppm=mmp-ipm
rmb=bal-ppm
```

Answer 6

Just a hunch.. maybe you need to use single quotes instead of double quotes after raw_input.. though I'm really unsure- I don't know much of python.

Answer 7

I just figured it out. in the first three lines i didn't close with two end parentheses i only use one so it was catching it up. thanks for the help guys

Answer 8

bal=float(raw_input("what is your credit card balance?"))
air=float(raw_input("And you annual interest rate?"))
mpr=float(raw_input("How about your minimum monthly payment rate?"))
month=1
while (month<13):
mmp=mpr*bal
ipm=(air/12)*bal
ppm=mmp-ipm
rmb=bal-ppm
print('month' month)

print("your minimum monthly payment is" mmp)

print("Your remaining balance is" rmb)

print("Your principal paid this month is" ppm)
month+= 1
This is my final code and there is a problem with the loop. It loops back the 12 months like i want but it gives me the same statistics for every month so I'm under the impression that i need to add another increment change but I'm not certain what exactly

Answer 9

Maybe update the balance to equal rmb at the end of each loop (iteration)?

Answer 10

i did, and my script is up and running thanks again. it really helps when you're teaching yourself to have other people to consult with.

Answer 11

that's for sure :) it's cool that I can help even if I don't know python. -java student