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Re: what am i doing wrong?

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  • Subject: [mg94514] Re: [mg94485] what am i doing wrong?
  • From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:46:00 -0500 (EST)
  • Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net

At some point you had set npv to 1304.33

Use 

Clear[npv]

prior to the function definition.


Bob Hanlon

---- stpatryck <stpatryck at gmail.com> wrote: 

=============


In[111]:= npv[cf0_, cf1_, cf2_, cf3_, cf4_, cf5_] := -(cf0) +
   cf1*(1/((1.12)^1)) + cf2*(1/((1.12)^2)) + cf3*(1/((1.12)^3)) +
   cf4*(1/((1.12)^4)) + cf5*(1/((1.12)^5));

(* Plan A NPV *)
npv[3600000, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7000000]

SetDelayed::write: Tag Real in 1304.33[cf0_,cf1_,cf2_,cf3_,cf4_,cf5_]
is Protected. >>

Out[111]:= 1304.33[3600000, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7000000]


--

Bob Hanlon



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