The SimpleCashFlow command constructs a simple cash flow at a given date.

$\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{Finance}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{SetEvaluationDate}\left(''January\; 01,\; 2000''\right)\:$

$\mathrm{EvaluationDate}\left(\right)$

$''January\; 1,\; 2000''$

$\mathrm{date}≔''Jan-01-2006''$

$\mathrm{date}≔''Jan-01-2006''$

$\mathrm{cashflow1}≔\mathrm{SimpleCashFlow}\left(100\,\mathrm{date}\right)$

$\mathrm{cashflow1}≔\mathrm{100.\; on\; January\; 1,\; 2006}$

$\mathrm{NetPresentValue}\left(\mathrm{cashflow1}\,0.03\right)$

$83.52702114$

$\mathrm{cashflow2}≔\mathrm{SimpleCashFlow}\left(-100\,\mathrm{date}\right)$

$\mathrm{cashflow2}≔\mathrm{-100.\; on\; January\; 1,\; 2006}$

$\mathrm{NetPresentValue}\left(\mathrm{cashflow2}\,0.03\right)$

$\mathrm{-83.52702114}$

$\mathrm{cflows}≔\left[\mathrm{seq}\left(\mathrm{SimpleCashFlow}\left(100\,\mathrm{AdvanceDate}\left(\mathrm{date}\,3i\,\mathrm{Months}\right)\right)\,i=1..4\right)\right]$

$\mathrm{cflows}≔\left[\mathrm{100.\; on\; Apr-01-2006}\,\mathrm{100.\; on\; Jul-01-2006}\,\mathrm{100.\; on\; Oct-01-2006}\,\mathrm{100.\; on\; Jan-01-2007}\right]$

$\mathrm{NetPresentValue}\left(\mathrm{cflows}\,0.03\right)$

$327.9371480$

The Finance[SimpleCashFlow] command was introduced in Maple 15.

For more information on Maple 15 changes, see Updates in Maple 15.