tkinter example interestCalculation (snippet)

Python tkinter (gui) example 'interestCalculation'

Functions in program:

• def makeform(root, fields):
• def final_balance(entries):
• def monthly_payment(entries):

interestCalculation

Python tkinter example: interestCalculation

from tkinter import *
fields = ('Annual Rate', 'Number of Payments', 'Loan Principle', 'Monthly Payment', 'Remaining Loan')

def monthly_payment(entries):
   # period rate:
   r = (float(entries['Annual Rate'].get()) / 100) / 12
   print("r", r)
   # principal loan:
   loan = float(entries['Loan Principle'].get())
   n =  float(entries['Number of Payments'].get())
   remaining_loan = float(entries['Remaining Loan'].get())
   q = (1 + r)** n
   monthly = r * ( (q * loan - remaining_loan) / ( q - 1 ))
   monthly = ("%8.2f" % monthly).strip()
   entries['Monthly Payment'].delete(0,END)
   entries['Monthly Payment'].insert(0, monthly )
   print("Monthly Payment: %f" % float(monthly))

def final_balance(entries):
   # period rate:
   r = (float(entries['Annual Rate'].get()) / 100) / 12
   print("r", r)
   # principal loan:
   loan = float(entries['Loan Principle'].get())
   n =  float(entries['Number of Payments'].get())
   q = (1 + r)** n
   monthly = float(entries['Monthly Payment'].get())
   q = (1 + r)** n
   remaining = q * loan  - ( (q - 1) / r) * monthly
   remaining = ("%8.2f" % remaining).strip()
   entries['Remaining Loan'].delete(0,END)
   entries['Remaining Loan'].insert(0, remaining )
   print("Remaining Loan: %f" % float(remaining))

def makeform(root, fields):
   entries = {}
   for field in fields:
      row = Frame(root)
      lab = Label(row, width=22, text=field+": ", anchor='w')
      ent = Entry(row)
      ent.insert(0,"0")
      row.pack(side=TOP, fill=X, padx=5, pady=5)
      lab.pack(side=LEFT)
      ent.pack(side=RIGHT, expand=YES, fill=X)
      entries[field] = ent
   return entries

if __name__ == '__main__':
   root = Tk()
   ents = makeform(root, fields)
   root.bind('<Return>', (lambda event, e=ents: fetch(e)))
   b1 = Button(root, text='Final Balance',
          command=(lambda e=ents: final_balance(e)))
   b1.pack(side=LEFT, padx=5, pady=5)
   b2 = Button(root, text='Monthly Payment',
          command=(lambda e=ents: monthly_payment(e)))
   b2.pack(side=LEFT, padx=5, pady=5)
   b3 = Button(root, text='Quit', command=root.quit)
   b3.pack(side=LEFT, padx=5, pady=5)
   root.mainloop()

Useful links

• Learn Tkinter: https://pythonbasics.org/tkinter/
• Wikipedia tkinter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tkinter