[Montes_x]

I'm trying to get the program to output the principal paid out to and the interest paid towards a loan of $5000. No input is take its all been declared already.Monthly payment is correct at 430.33. However, principal and interest output is (interest) 23.6588644... and -453.991013030... (which are flipped in placement). The output should be a row of principal reflecting the amount principal paid out through out the 12 months and a second row displaying also the interest paid towards the loan of 5000 through the 12 months. When i run the code with just the area below count+=1 and above the if statement only one output is displayed. I'm confused why with the loop the number get mixed up.

   Private Sub calButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles calButton.Click
    Dim monthlyPayments As Double
    Dim bloanTotal As Double = 5000
    Dim rate As Double = 0.005
    Dim interest As Double
    Dim toPrincipal As Double
    Dim toInterest As Double
    Dim counter As Integer

    Do
        'calculate the montly payments.
        monthlyPayments =
    Financial.Pmt(0.06 / 12, 12, 5000)
        TextBox1.Text = monthlyPayments.ToString("C2")

        counter = counter + 1        'add one to the counter 
        interest = bloanTotal * rate    'calculate interest rate from payment that will only count as interest
        toInterest = monthlyPayments - interest 'amount of monthly payment going towards interest
        toPrincipal = monthlyPayments - toInterest ' amount of monthly payment going towards principal
        bloanTotal = bloanTotal - toPrincipal 'new balance after deducing principal from begining balance

        Label2.Text = toPrincipal.ToString & "      " &
                      toInterest.ToString &
                      ControlChars.NewLine ' concatinate principal and interest strings and create a new line


        If counter = 12 Then 'exit loop once counter has reached 12 and loan amount has reached zero
            Exit Do
        End If
    Loop
End Sub

[zeeshanef]

If 'Label2' is the output of your program then:
Try to use "Label2.Text +=" instead "Label2.Text =".

[lar3ry]

First, move the Financial.Pmt to before the Do loop. Since you are using constants in the calculation, rather than variables, there is no need to recalculate the same information every time through the loop.

Now place a breakpoint on that same line, run the code, and click the button. When it stops, single-step the program (Debug menu->step into) to execute the highlighted statement. Now drive your cursor over the result (monthlyPayments), and check the value. Notice anything strange? It's a negative value, which in terms of a loan, means that you add more money to the principal. I think (though I have never used the Financial class), that this function serves for annuities as well as loans, and a negative monthly payment is appropriate for an annuity. Look up Math.Abs to see how to fix this.

Now look at the statement toInterest = monthlyPayments - interest and ask yourself if this is really what you want to do. What value should toInterest contain after this statement?

Finally, follow zeeshanef's advice for the output.