Use the decimal type to compute the future value of an investment : decimal : Data Types C# Source Code

    

/*
C#: The Complete Reference 
by Herbert Schildt 

Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (March 8, 2002)
ISBN: 0072134852
*/
/*   
   Use the decimal type to compute the future value 
   of an investment. 
*/   
   
using System;   
   
public class FutVal {      
  public static void Main() {      
    decimal amount;   
    decimal rate_of_return;  
    int years, i;   
   
    amount = 1000.0M; 
    rate_of_return = 0.07M; 
    years = 10; 
 
    Console.WriteLine("Original investment: $" + amount); 
    Console.WriteLine("Rate of return: " + rate_of_return); 
    Console.WriteLine("Over " + years + " years"); 
 
    for(i = 0; i < years; i++) 
      amount = amount + (amount * rate_of_return); 
 
    Console.WriteLine("Future value is $" + amount);  
  }      
}