NPV Function [VBA]

Calculates the Net Present Value of an investment, based on a supplied discount rate, and a series of deposits and withdrawals.

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This function or constant is enabled with the statement Option VBASupport 1 placed before the executable program code in a module.


Syntax:

NPV (Rate as Double, Values() as Double)

Return value:

Double

Parameters:

Rate is the discount rate for a period.

Values() is an array that represent deposits (positive values) or withdrawals (negative values).

Error codes:

5 Invalid procedure call

Example:

REM ***** BASIC *****

Option VBASupport 1

Sub ExampleNPV

 Dim r As Double

 Dim pValues(5) as Double

 pValues(0) = 100

 pValues(1) = 100

 pValues(2) = 100

 pValues(3) = -300

 pValues(4) = 100

 pValues(5) = 100

 r = 0.06

 p = NPV( r, pValues)

 Print p ' returns 174,894967305331

End Sub