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PPMT function

Returns the principal part of one payment of a loan or investment.

Syntax

=PPMT(rate, per, nper, pv, [fv], [type])

Arguments

ArgumentRequiredDescription
rateRequiredThe interest rate per period
perRequiredThe period, 1 to nper
nperRequiredThe number of payments
pvRequiredThe present value
fvOptionalThe value left after the last payment
typeOptional0 for payments at the end of each period, 1 at the start

How to use PPMT

PPMT takes 4 required arguments and 2 optional arguments. Type =PPMT( in a cell and SheetsBat shows the arguments as you go. Optional arguments are shown in square brackets; leave them out to use their default.

Examples

Each result below was calculated by the SheetsBat formula engine.

=PPMT(0.1/12, 1, 2*12, 2000)Result -75.62318601
=PPMT(0.08, 10, 10, 200000)Result -27598.05346

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