SOURCE FILE: paymentsShell.cpp

/*
     This program figures the monthly payment on a loan.
     It also outputs the total interest paid, the principal paid,
     and the total amount paid.
*/

#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>

using namespace std ;

       /* PROTOTYPES */

  void PrintDirections() ;
      /* Exactly what this function must do:
         Print directions for the user of the program. */

  double GetPrinc() ;
      /* Exactly what this function must do:
         Prompt the user to enter the amount of the loan
         read it in, and return it to the caller. */

  double GetRate() ;
      /* Exactly what this function must do:
         Prompt the user to enter the amount of the annual interest
         rate on the loan, read it in, and return it to the caller. 

         NOTE: The interest is to be expressed as the decimal equivalent.
         For example the user should enter 0.04125 when the 
         annual percentage rate is 4.125%. */

  int GetMonths() ;
      /* Exactly what this function must do:
         Prompt the user to enter the number of monthly 
         payments, read it in, and return it to the caller. */

  double Compute_Payment(double L, double R, int M) ;
      /* Exactly what this function must do:
         Given that the amount of a loan is L, 
         the annual percentage interest is R,
         and the number of monthly payments to be made is M,
         return the required amount of the monthly payment.

         NOTE: R is expressed as the decimal equivalent.
         For example R = 0.04125 for a 4.125% annual percentage. */

  void Report_Payment(double L, double R, int M, double P) ;
      /* Exactly what this function must do:
         Report to the user -- tell the user that P is the amount
         that the payment must be on a loan in the amount of L
         at interest rate R, with term M months.
         Also tell the user the total amount that will be paid
         over the term of the loan, broken down as a sum 
         of interest plus principal.

         The total amount paid is P*M, and the amount of the
         interest is P*M-L, the difference between the amount
         paid and the amount of the loan.

         Note: R is expressed as the decimal equivalent.
         For example R = 0.04125 for a 4.125% annual percentage. */

/* **************************************** */
/*                 MAIN                     */
/* **************************************** */
int main ()
{
   return 0 ;
}

/* **************************************** */
/*               PRINT DIRECTIONS           */
/* **************************************** */
      /* Exactly what this function must do:
         Print directions for the user of the program. */

void PrintDirections()
{
   cout << "\n" ;
   cout << "This program determines the monthly payment on a loan.\n" ;
   cout << "\n" ;
   cout << "The user inputs the amount of the loan, the interest rate,\n" ;
   cout << "and the desired term of the loan.\n" ;
   cout << "\n" ;
   cout << "The program outputs the amount of the payment, plus the total\n" ;
   cout << "amount that will be paid over the term of the loan, broken\n" ;
   cout << "down as the sum of the interest and the principal.\n" ;
   cout << "\n" ;
}

/* **************************************** */
/*                GETPRINCIPAL              */
/* **************************************** */
      /* Exactly what this function must do:
         Prompt the user to enter the amount of the loan
         read it in, and return it to the caller. */

double GetPrinc()
{
}

/* **************************************** */
/*                    GETRATE               */
/* **************************************** */
      /* Exactly what this function must do:
         Prompt the user to enter the amount of the annual interest
         rate on the loan, read it in, and return it to the caller. 

         NOTE: The interest is to be expressed as the decimal equivalent.
         For example the user should enter 0.04125 when the 
         annual percentage rate is 4.125%. */

double GetRate()
{
}

/* **************************************** */
/*                   GETMONTHS              */
/* **************************************** */
      /* Exactly what this function must do:
         Prompt the user to enter the number of monthly 
         payments, read it in, and return it to the caller. */

int GetMonths() 
{
}

/* **************************************** */
/*               COMPUTE_PAYMENT            */
/* **************************************** */
      /* Exactly what this function must do:
         Given that the amount of a loan is L, 
         the annual percentage interest is R,
         and the number of monthly payments to be made is M,
         return the required amount of the monthly payment.

         NOTE: R is expressed as the decimal equivalent.
         For example R = 0.04125 for a 4.125% annual percentage. */

double Compute_Payment(double L, double R, int M) 
{
}

/* **************************************** */
/*            REPORT_PAYMENT                */
/* **************************************** */
      /* Exactly what this function must do:
         Report to the user -- tell the user that P is the amount
         that the payment must be on a loan in the amount of L
         at interest rate R, with term M months.
         Also tell the user the total amount that will be paid
         over the term of the loan, broken down as a sum 
         of interest plus principal.

         The total amount paid is P*M, and the amount of the
         interest is P*M-L, the difference between the amount
         paid and the amount of the loan.

         Note: R is expressed as the decimal equivalent.
         For example R = 0.04125 for a 4.125% annual percentage. */

void Report_Payment(double L, double R, int M, double P) 
{
}
/* **************************************** */
/*                   END                    */
/* **************************************** */