From cb4dc197238e670d150eaebd8f387670f7a54377 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Clauss <cclauss@me.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 18:41:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Financial: principle -> principal (#5614)

* Financial: principle -> principal

The originally invested amount of money: `principal`
-- https://www.grammarly.com/blog/principle-principal/

* updating DIRECTORY.md

Co-authored-by: github-actions <${GITHUB_ACTOR}@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 DIRECTORY.md          |  4 ++++
 financial/interest.py | 20 ++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/DIRECTORY.md b/DIRECTORY.md
index 67f2113ea..6fbd5e2cc 100644
--- a/DIRECTORY.md
+++ b/DIRECTORY.md
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
   * [Rgb Hsv Conversion](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/conversions/rgb_hsv_conversion.py)
   * [Roman Numerals](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/conversions/roman_numerals.py)
   * [Temperature Conversions](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/conversions/temperature_conversions.py)
+  * [Volume Conversions](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/conversions/volume_conversions.py)
   * [Weight Conversion](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/conversions/weight_conversion.py)
 
 ## Data Structures
@@ -290,6 +291,9 @@
   * Tests
     * [Test Send File](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/file_transfer/tests/test_send_file.py)
 
+## Financial
+  * [Interest](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/financial/interest.py)
+
 ## Fractals
   * [Julia Sets](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/fractals/julia_sets.py)
   * [Koch Snowflake](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/fractals/koch_snowflake.py)
diff --git a/financial/interest.py b/financial/interest.py
index 394da2bc9..c69c73045 100644
--- a/financial/interest.py
+++ b/financial/interest.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 
 def simple_interest(
-    principle: float, daily_interest_rate: float, days_between_payments: int
+    principal: float, daily_interest_rate: float, days_between_payments: int
 ) -> float:
     """
     >>> simple_interest(18000.0, 0.06, 3)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def simple_interest(
     >>> simple_interest(-10000.0, 0.06, 3)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
         ...
-    ValueError: principle must be > 0
+    ValueError: principal must be > 0
     >>> simple_interest(5500.0, 0.01, -5)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
         ...
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ def simple_interest(
         raise ValueError("days_between_payments must be > 0")
     if daily_interest_rate < 0:
         raise ValueError("daily_interest_rate must be >= 0")
-    if principle <= 0:
-        raise ValueError("principle must be > 0")
-    return principle * daily_interest_rate * days_between_payments
+    if principal <= 0:
+        raise ValueError("principal must be > 0")
+    return principal * daily_interest_rate * days_between_payments
 
 
 def compound_interest(
-    principle: float,
+    principal: float,
     nominal_annual_interest_rate_percentage: float,
     number_of_compounding_periods: int,
 ) -> float:
@@ -62,16 +62,16 @@ def compound_interest(
     >>> compound_interest(-5500.0, 0.01, 5)
     Traceback (most recent call last):
         ...
-    ValueError: principle must be > 0
+    ValueError: principal must be > 0
     """
     if number_of_compounding_periods <= 0:
         raise ValueError("number_of_compounding_periods must be > 0")
     if nominal_annual_interest_rate_percentage < 0:
         raise ValueError("nominal_annual_interest_rate_percentage must be >= 0")
-    if principle <= 0:
-        raise ValueError("principle must be > 0")
+    if principal <= 0:
+        raise ValueError("principal must be > 0")
 
-    return principle * (
+    return principal * (
         (1 + nominal_annual_interest_rate_percentage) ** number_of_compounding_periods
         - 1
     )