#include /* A simple program from the book "Vägen till C" to calculate for how long your * money will have to sit in the bank at a given interest rate to reach the * amount of money you'll want */ int main() { float cap, want, interest; int year; printf("Invested capital: "); scanf("%f", &cap); printf("Want sum: "); scanf("%f", &want); printf("Interest? "); scanf("%f", &interest); year = 0; /* As long as your capital at the bank is less than you want, keep rerunning * the loop until we reach the amout we want. Each loop is one year. */ while (cap < want) { year = year + 1; cap = cap * (1 + interest / 100); } printf("The capital will have to be at the bank for %d years\n", year); return 0; }