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I am learning golang, working on time value of money computations I am trying to compute for number of period to say, double your money. The formula that I am using is period = log(fv/pv) / log(1 + i) . What I have so far is... package main import ( "fmt" "math" ) var ( interest, futureValue, period, presentValue float64 ) var rate float64 = interest / 100 //converts interest into decimal... interest / 100 var ratex float64 = 1 + interest //used for (1 + i) func main() { numPeriod() } func numPeriod() { fmt.Println("Enter interest amount: ") fmt.Scanf("%g", &interest) fmt.Println("Enter present value: ") fmt.Scanf("%g", &presentValue) fmt.Println("Enter future value: ") fmt.Scanf("%g", &futureValue) var logfvpvFactor float64 = futureValue / presentValue var logi float64 = math.Log(ratex) var logfvpv float64 = math.Log(logfvpvFactor) period = logfvpv / logi fmt.Printf("Number of period/s is = %g\n", period) } Running this, I get... Number of period/s is = +Inf ...the answer I was looking for is either an integer or a float. How do I get that? Thanks for your help!

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