From: w_a_x_man <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2010-10-02T22:50:15+09:00
Subject: Re: New to Ruby, Looking for Help With Basic Program

On Oct 1, 1:05 pm, Mica Koizumi <monkeym...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am teaching myself Ruby and am trying to figure out why this program
> is doing what it is doing:
>
> puts 'Year 1?'
> year1 = gets.chomp
> puts 'Year 2?'
> year2 = gets.chomp
>
> while (year1.to_i <= year2.to_i)
> if year1.to_i % 4 == 0
>   leapyear = year1.to_i + 4
>   puts leapyear
> end
> if year1.to_i % 4 != 0
>   year1 = year1.to_i + 1
>   puts year1
> end
> end
>
> When year1 = 1987 and year2 = 1990, why is it printing out 1992? I am
> expecting 1988.
>
> Thanks in advance...
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puts (1987..1999).select{|n| 0 == n%4 }
1988
1992
1996