C++ || Savings Account Balance – Calculate The Balance Of A Savings Account At The End Of A Period

April 04, 2012 admin 8 Comments

Here is another actual homework assignment which was presented in an intro to programming class. The following program was a question taken from the book “Starting Out with C++: Early Objects (7th Edition),” chapter 5, problem #16.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE FOR THIS PROGRAM

For Loops - How To Use Them Assignment Operators - What Are They? Setprecision - What Is It? Interest Rate

This program first prompts the user to enter the annual interest rate, starting balance, and the number of months which has passed since the account was established. Upon obtaining the information, a loop is then used to iterate through each month, performing the following:

• Ask the user for the amount deposited into the account during the month (positive values only). This amount is added to the balance.
• Ask the user for the amount withdrawn from the account during the month (positive values only). This is subtracted from the balance.
• Calculate the monthly interest. The monthly interest rate is the annual interest rate divided by 12. After each loop iteration, the monthly interest rate is multiplied by the current balance, which is then added to the total balance.

After the last iteration, the program displays the ending balance, the total amount of deposits, the total amount of withdrawals, and the total interest earned.

If a negative balance is calculated at any point, an erroneous message is displayed to the screen indicating that the account has been closed, and then the program terminates.





		
		
			Savings Account Balance
			
C++
			
			// ============================================================================
//    Author: Kenneth Perkins
//    Date:   April 4, 2012
//    Taken From: http://programmingnotes.org/
//    File:  SavingsAccount.cpp
//    Description: Demonstrates how to calculate the balance of a savings 
//      account at the end of a period
// ============================================================================
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	// declare variables
	double annInterestRate = 0;
	double startingBalance = 0;
	int monthsPassed = 0;
	double deposits = 0;
	double withdrawal = 0;	
	double totDeposits = 0;
	double totWithdrawal = 0;
	double totInterest = 0;
	double monthlyInterestRate = 0;
	double totBalance = 0;
	
	// obtain data from user
	cout<<"Enter the annual interest rate on the account (e.g .04): ";
	cin >> annInterestRate;
	
	cout<<"Enter the starting balance: $";
	cin >> startingBalance;
	
	cout<<"How many months have passed since the account was established? ";
	cin >> monthsPassed;
	
	// initialize variables with the required info
	totBalance = startingBalance;
	monthlyInterestRate = annInterestRate/12;	
	
	// use a loop to obtain more data from user
	for(int x=1; x <= monthsPassed; ++x)
	{
		cout<<"\nMonth #"<<x<<endl;
		
		cout<<"\tTotal deposits for this month: $";
		cin >> deposits;
		totDeposits += deposits;
		totBalance += deposits;
		
		cout<<"\tTotal withdrawal for this month: $";
		cin >> withdrawal;
		totWithdrawal += withdrawal;
		totBalance -= withdrawal;
		
		totInterest += (totBalance*monthlyInterestRate);
		totBalance += (totBalance*monthlyInterestRate);

		// check for negative values
		// end loop if the values are negative
		if(deposits < 0 || withdrawal < 0 || totBalance < 0)
		{
			cout<< "\nPlease enter positive numbers only!";
			cout<<"\nThe account has been closed..\n";
			exit(1);
		}
	}
	
	// display results 
	cout<<fixed<<setprecision(2);
	cout.fill('.');
	cout<<"\nEnding balance:"<<left<<setw(20)<<right<<setw(20)<<" $ "<<totBalance;
	cout<<"\nAmount of deposits:"<<left<<setw(20)<<right<<setw(16)<<" $ "<<totDeposits;
	cout<<"\nAmount of withdrawals:"<<left<<setw(20)<<right<<setw(13)<<" $ "<<totWithdrawal;
	cout<<"\nAmount of interest earned:"<<left<<setw(20)<<right<<setw(9)<<" $ "<<totInterest<<endl;	
	
	return 0;
}// http://programmingnotes.org/
			
				
					
				
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						// ============================================================================
//    Author: Kenneth Perkins
//    Date:   April 4, 2012
//    Taken From: http://programmingnotes.org/
//    File:  SavingsAccount.cpp
//    Description: Demonstrates how to calculate the balance of a savings 
//      account at the end of a period
// ============================================================================
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
 
int main()
{
	// declare variables
	double annInterestRate = 0;
	double startingBalance = 0;
	int monthsPassed = 0;
	double deposits = 0;
	double withdrawal = 0;	
	double totDeposits = 0;
	double totWithdrawal = 0;
	double totInterest = 0;
	double monthlyInterestRate = 0;
	double totBalance = 0;
	
	// obtain data from user
	cout<<"Enter the annual interest rate on the account (e.g .04): ";
	cin >> annInterestRate;
	
	cout<<"Enter the starting balance: $";
	cin >> startingBalance;
	
	cout<<"How many months have passed since the account was established? ";
	cin >> monthsPassed;
	
	// initialize variables with the required info
	totBalance = startingBalance;
	monthlyInterestRate = annInterestRate/12;	
	
	// use a loop to obtain more data from user
	for(int x=1; x <= monthsPassed; ++x)
	{
		cout<<"\nMonth #"<<x<<endl;
		
		cout<<"\tTotal deposits for this month: $";
		cin >> deposits;
		totDeposits += deposits;
		totBalance += deposits;
		
		cout<<"\tTotal withdrawal for this month: $";
		cin >> withdrawal;
		totWithdrawal += withdrawal;
		totBalance -= withdrawal;
		
		totInterest += (totBalance*monthlyInterestRate);
		totBalance += (totBalance*monthlyInterestRate);
 
		// check for negative values
		// end loop if the values are negative
		if(deposits < 0 || withdrawal < 0 || totBalance < 0)
		{
			cout<< "\nPlease enter positive numbers only!";
			cout<<"\nThe account has been closed..\n";
			exit(1);
		}
	}
	
	// display results 
	cout<<fixed<<setprecision(2);
	cout.fill('.');
	cout<<"\nEnding balance:"<<left<<setw(20)<<right<<setw(20)<<" $ "<<totBalance;
	cout<<"\nAmount of deposits:"<<left<<setw(20)<<right<<setw(16)<<" $ "<<totDeposits;
	cout<<"\nAmount of withdrawals:"<<left<<setw(20)<<right<<setw(13)<<" $ "<<totWithdrawal;
	cout<<"\nAmount of interest earned:"<<left<<setw(20)<<right<<setw(9)<<" $ "<<totInterest<<endl;	
	
	return 0;
}// http://programmingnotes.org/

QUICK NOTES:
The highlighted lines are sections of interest to look out for.

The code is heavily commented, so no further insight is necessary. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.

Once compiled, you should get this as your output

Enter the annual interest rate on the account (e.g .04): .07 Enter the starting balance: $5000 How many months have passed since the account was established? 3
Month #1 Total deposits for this month: $500 Total withdrawal for this month: $120 Month #2 Total deposits for this month: $750 Total withdrawal for this month: $200 Month #3 Total deposits for this month: $500 Total withdrawal for this month: $100
Ending balance:................. $ 6433.47 Amount of deposits:............. $ 1750.00 Amount of withdrawals:.......... $ 420.00 Amount of interest earned:...... $ 103.47

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8 Responses to C++ || Savings Account Balance – Calculate The Balance Of A Savings Account At The End Of A Period

Lee says:

November 28, 2012 at 4:57 am

What is the use of those highlighted with yellow? Sorry, Im a beginner that’s why I dont know much about c++

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- admin says:
  
  November 28, 2012 at 4:48 pm
  
  Hello, thanks for visiting!
  
  The highlighted lines merely represent the code that is essential to completing the task of this program
  
  Reply
  - Glody Ndewa says:
    
    February 7, 2020 at 5:42 pm
    
    hello can you do th flowchart please
    
    Reply
edgar chicas says:

November 12, 2013 at 1:22 am

Can you please explain this: totBalance+=(totBalance*monthlyInterestRate);

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- admin says:
  
  November 12, 2013 at 3:25 pm
  
  That expression (located on line #50 in the code) literally means:
  
  totBalance = totBalance + (totBalance*monthlyInterestRate);
  
  This operation is taking your current total balance, and adding to it the calculated interest received for that given month.
  
  This specification can be found in the following program requirements listed above the source code.
  
  After each loop iteration, the monthly interest rate is multiplied by the current balance, which is then added to the total balance.
  
  Hope this helps.
  
  Reply
  - jesuswithme says:
    
    July 9, 2016 at 4:39 am
    
    why you don’t put the first formula of interest after the second formula of balance ?
    
    totBalance += (totBalance*monthlyInterestRate);
    
    totInterest += (totBalance*monthlyInterestRate);
    
    Reply
hopeless says:

March 28, 2018 at 10:48 pm

I’m working on the exact same program yet my results are wildly incorrect, can I show my code and get some help fixing it?

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Jimmy cartwell says:

October 14, 2019 at 1:02 am

This is hard my interest one asks me to average the beginning and end of the month totals. I’m very confused

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