On Saturday 29 November 2003 06:03, Jon King wrote:

> I'm having trouble getting a log formula to work.  This forumla is supposed
> to return the number of payment required zero out a loan balance.

> print -(log(1-($B/$m)*($r/$q)))/log(1+($r/$q));

> It keeps returning a NaN.  I've checked the syntax over and over, but to no
> avail.

Breakup your calculation into little steps to see where your error lies. Have 
to tried entering the above calculation into a real calculator? I believe 
your problem is that you cannot log() a negative number.

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