function getAmortization(a,n,p) {
		var i=0;
		var sATline="";
	//	var oAmortizationTable=document.getElementById("amortizationtable");
	//	oAmortizationTable.style.visibility="visible";
		var sCR=String.fromCharCode(13);
		var sTab=String.fromCharCode(27);

		/* Calculate amortization and write table to text area **/
		var payment = getPayment(a,n,p);
	//	oAmortizationTable.value = sCR + "Monthly Payment = " + (Math.round(payment*100)/100) + sCR + sCR;
//		oAmortizationTable.value += "Month  Balance    Principal  Interest  Payment    Total Interest" + sCR;
		var balance=a;
		var interest = 0.0;
		var principal=0.0;
		var totalinterest=0.0;
		tablecells = ""
		var bgcolor="ececec"
var x = 0
		for (i=1;i<=n;i++) {
			interest = balance*p/1200;
			totalinterest += interest;
			principal = payment-interest;
			balance -= principal;
			sATline = i.toString()+getSpaces(7-i.toString().length);
			sATline += Math.round(balance*100)/100;
			sATline += getSpaces(18-sATline.length);
			sATline += (Math.round(principal*100)/100);
			sATline += getSpaces(29-sATline.length);
			sATline += (Math.round(interest*100)/100);
			sATline += getSpaces(39-sATline.length);
			sATline += (Math.round(i*payment*100)/100);
			sATline += getSpaces(50-sATline.length);
			sATline += (Math.round(totalinterest*100)/100) + sCR;
			//oAmortizationTable.value += sATline;
			
			if (x==0) {
			bgcolor = "ffffff"
				x=1
				}else {
				x=0 
				bgcolor="ececec"
			}
			
			
			tablecells += "<tr style='background-color:#" + bgcolor + "'><td>" + i.toString() + "</td>"
			tablecells += "<td>$" + Math.round(balance*100)/100  + "</td>";
			tablecells += "<td>$" +(Math.round(principal*100)/100) + "</td>";
			tablecells += "<td>$" +(Math.round(interest*100)/100)+ "</td>";
			tablecells += "<td>$" +(Math.round(i*payment*100)/100) + "</td>";
			tablecells += "<td>$" +(Math.round(totalinterest*100)/100) + sCR + "</td></tr>";
			

			
		}
	//	document.getElementById("thetable").innerHTML += "Monthly Payment = " + (Math.round(payment*100)/100) + sCR + sCR;
		document.getElementById("thetable").innerHTML += "<br><div style=text-align:center'><b>AMORTIZATION TABLE</b></div><table cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 style='font-size:10px' width='100%' ><tr bgcolor='#cccccc' style='font-weight:bold'><td>Mth</td><td>Balance</td><td>Principal</td><td>Interest</td><td>Payment</td><td>Total Interest</td></tr>" + tablecells + "</table>"
		
			document.getElementById("pmt").value = (Math.round(payment*100)/100)
			document.getElementById("principle").value = a;
			document.getElementById("payments").value = n;    
			document.getElementById("ResultsArea").style.display='';

		
	}

	function getSpaces(n) {
		var i=0; 
		var sSpaces="";
		for (i=0;i<n;i++) {sSpaces += " ";}
		return sSpaces;
	}

	function getPayment(a,n,p) {
		/* Calculates the monthly payment from annual percentage
		   rate, term of loan in months and loan amount. **/
		var acc=0;
		var base = 1 + p/1200;
		for (i=1;i<=n;i++) 
			{ acc += Math.pow(base,-i); }
		return a/acc;
	}