[Tutor] NEWBIE- how to make a program continue

Kirby Urner urnerk@qwest.net
Wed, 20 Feb 2002 08:30:01 -0800


You want a loop. Try something like this:

def julian_leap (y) :
     if (y%4) == 0:
         return 1
     return 0


Except in reality, leap year is not quite so simple
as "every fourth year".

Something like:

def julian_leap (y) :
     rtnval = 0
     if (y%100)==0:
        if (y%400)==0:
           rtnval = 1
     elif (y%4) == 0:
        rtnval = 1
     return rtnval

1900 was not a leap year.

Kirby