Алгоритм калькулятора процентов по кредитам

Он использует расчет% процентов, который использует логарифмы для расчета принципа выплаты / общей суммы процентов и того, сколько времени потребуется для погашения кредита с учетом суммы займа и суммы ежемесячного платежа.

//FORMULA FOR CALUCLATING INTEREST RATE
//p = x*(1 - (1+r)^-n)/r

var interest = 15, rate = interest/100, principal = 1000, payment = 100, noofpay = 12;

var nper1 = Math.log((1-((principal/payment) * (rate/noofpay))));
var nper2 = Math.log((1+(rate/noofpay)));
nper = -(nper1/nper2);
interestpaid=payment*nper-principal;
nper = -Math.round((nper1/nper2));
nyear=Math.floor(nper/12);
nmonth=nper%12;
if (nper>0)
{
    if (nmonth==0)
    {
        period=nyear+" Year(s)";
    }
    else
    {
        period=nyear+" Year(s) and "+nmonth+" Month(s)";
    }
}
else
{
    period="Invalid Values";
    interestpaid=0;
}

console.log("Montly Payments: " + period + ", Total Interest Paid: " + interestpaid.toFixed(2));

В функцию с параметрами, переданными в:

 //the price calculation formula
//@return the price and length of time
function calculate(interest, principal, payment)
{
    //get data
    var calcElem = $('#calc');

    //FORMULA FOR CALUCLATING INTEREST RATE
    //p = x*(1 - (1+r)^-n)/r

    var rate = interest/100, noofpay = 12;

    var nper1 = Math.log((1-((principal/payment) * (rate/noofpay))));
    var nper2 = Math.log((1+(rate/noofpay)));
    nper = -(nper1/nper2);
    interestpaid=payment*nper-principal;
    nper = -Math.round((nper1/nper2));
    nyear=Math.floor(nper/12);
    nmonth=nper%12;
    if (nper>0)
    {
        if (nmonth==0)
        {
            period=nyear+" Year(s)";
        }
        else
        {
            period=nyear+" Year(s) and "+nmonth+" Month(s)";
        }
    }
    else
    {
        period="Invalid Values";
        interestpaid=0;
    }

    //console.log("Montly Payments: " + period + ", Total Interest Paid: " + interestpaid.toFixed(2));

    var priceData = {
        price : '$'+this.formatCurrency(interestpaid+owe),
        interest : '$'+this.formatCurrency(interestpaid),
        time  : period
    }
    return priceData;
}