Dicom as a Financial Calculator: Net future value of a one time investment

Function Description

Following Dicom financial function calculates net future value of a one time investment:

Nfv1( rate[pct], nper, pval[USD] )

• In the above function syntax, units in square brackets [] are optional.
  
• rate is interest rate. If the interest rate is 5%, it can be written as either .05 or 5 pct
• nper is the number of period to be invested. It is a value without unit. Note that interest rate is based on this period.
• pval is the present value of invested amount. It can be unit-less or with currency unit such as USD.

Example

Calculate net future value of 100 US dollars invested for a period of 10 years at an interest rate of 4% per year.

Using pct for percentage:
Nfv1( 4 pct, 10, 100 USD ) = 148.024428491834 USD.

Using fraction for percentage:
Nfv1( .04, 10, 100 USD ) = 148.024428491834 USD.

Without using currency unit (note that the answer is unit-less):
Nfv1( .04, 10, 100 ) = 148.024428491834

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