Re: [office-formula] period

[Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>]

Andreas,

Andreas J Guelzow wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 17:39 -0400, Patrick Durusau wrote:
>   
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Under AMORDEGRC I find:
>>
>> period The period of interest.
>>
>> but,
>>
>> under DB I find:
>>
>>     *
>>
>>       /period/: the time period for which you want to find the
>>       depreciation allowance, in the same units as lifeTime.
>>
>> So, is "period" so well understood that it needs no definition (option 
>> 1) or, do we in fact need a definition of "period," but that implies it 
>> should be general and not just under DB (option 2).
>>
>> Noting that the term "period" is used extensively with specific 
>> definitions under particular formula, which complicates its usage even more.
>>
>> Suggest:
>>
>> General definition of "period" (perhaps with the other financial 
>> "parameters") and then a statement that "period" has specific meaning in 
>> a number of cases and those are defined as appropriate under particular 
>> formula. In the absence of a specific definition for a formula, the 
>> general definition is what was meant.
>>
>> Suggestions/comments?
>>
>>     
>
> You lost me. For various functions there are arguments that are denoted
> by the 6-letter sequence "period". For each of those functions we need a
> description of what the purpose/use of that argument is. Some of those
> descriptions will likely involve the English word "period" if the whole
> sentence includes a clear description which period is meant. Of course
> the definition of each function should include the mathematical formula
> in which case the former "period" just becomes the symbol for one of the
> variables in that formula. 
>   
Sorry if that was obscure. My question was the absence of a single 
definition of "period" to mean "time period" unless further defined for 
a particular function.

Is that clearer?

Hope you are having a great day!

Patrick

> Andreas
>
>
>   

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