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JS Loan Calculator (isFinite(), setTimeout())
// Listen for submit
document.getElementById('loan-form').addEventListener('submit', function (e) {
// Hide results
document.getElementById('results').style.display = 'none';
// Show loader
document.getElementById('loading').style.display = 'block';
setTimeout(calculateResults, 2000);
e.preventDefault();
});
// Calculate Results
function calculateResults() {
console.log('Calculating...');
// UI Vars
const amount = document.getElementById('amount');
const interest = document.getElementById('interest');
const years = document.getElementById('years');
const monthlyPayment = document.getElementById('monthly-payment');
const totalPayment = document.getElementById('total-payment');
const totalInterest = document.getElementById('total-interest');
const principal = parseFloat(amount.value);
const calculatedInterest = parseFloat(interest.value) / 100 / 12;
const calculatedPayments = parseFloat(years.value) * 12;
const x = Math.pow(1 + calculatedInterest, calculatedPayments);
const monthly = (principal * x * calculatedInterest) / (x - 1);
if (isFinite(monthly)) {
monthlyPayment.value = monthly.toFixed(2);
totalPayment.value = (monthly * calculatedPayments).toFixed(2);
totalInterest.value = (monthly * calculatedPayments - principal).toFixed(2);
// Show result
document.getElementById('results').style.display = 'block';
// Hide loader
document.getElementById('loading').style.display = 'none';
} else {
showError('Please check your numbers');
}
}
function showError(error) {
// Hide result
document.getElementById('results').style.display = 'none';
// Hide loader
document.getElementById('loading').style.display = 'none';
const card = document.querySelector('.card');
const heading = document.querySelector('.heading');
const errorDiv = document.createElement('div');
errorDiv.className = 'alert alert-danger';
errorDiv.appendChild(document.createTextNode(error));
card.insertBefore(errorDiv, heading);
// Clear error after 3 sec
setTimeout(clearError, 3000);
}
function clearError() {
document.querySelector('.alert').remove();
}
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