Loan repayment calculator
This script calculates loan repayments.
Programming Issues
The loanRepay()
function is called when the push button is clicked, generating the onclick
event,
and calculates both the monthly repayment and the total repayments based on the principle, APR and loan length that the user
enters. The script uses the same Math.round
and Math.pow
functions described in our
basic mathematical calculations example.
A simple monthly rate is calculated by taking the twelfth root of the APR. This simple monthly rate is then used to calculate the monthly repayment using a standard formula. The total repayment is just this monthly repayment multiplied by the number of months the loan will be outstanding.