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Long/Short ways

Posted by Kishori Sharan on February 12, 2002 at 9:22 PM

int year = 800 ;
// Short way
if ( ( year % 4 == 0 && year % 100 != 0 ) || ( year % 4 == 0 && year % 400 == 0 ) ) {
System.out.println ( year + " is a leap year......." ) ;
}
else {
System.out.println ( year + " is not a leap year......." ) ;
}

// Long way
if ( year % 4 == 0 ) {
if ( year % 100 == 0 ) {
if ( year % 400 == 0) {
System.out.println ( year + " is a leap year." ) ;
}
else {
System.out.println ( year + " is not a leap year." ) ;
}
}
else {
System.out.println ( year + " is a leap year." ) ;
}
}
else {
System.out.println ( year + " is not a leap year." ) ;
}
}