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PaymentCalculator ( Amount ; NumberOfPayments )

Kevin Bache, None
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Returns a return-delimited list of payment amounts rounded to the nearest penny. The remainder of the division is evenly distributed a penny at a time among the first payments.

Sample Input:
PaymentCalculator ( 1000 ; 6 )
Sample Output:
166.67¶
166.67¶
166.67¶
166.67¶
166.66¶
166.66¶


 Then copy & paste into FileMaker Advanced's Edit Custom Function window.

if you have myFMbutler's Clip Manager installed

Description:

Divides Amount by NumberOfPayments, rounding to .01.

Distributing remainder evenly among the first payments .01 at a time so that all payments are as even as possible.

Contains a trailing "¶". Inputs can be numbers formatted as text or numbers.

Maximum of 9999 payments, at least on my computer which has 512MB of RAM.

Note: these functions are not guaranteed or supported by BrianDunning.com. Please contact the individual developer with any questions or problems.

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