From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2012-12-11T21:22:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Leap year programing

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Hieu Le <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> This is my function:
>
>
>
> puts 'Begin year:'
> beginyear = gets.chomp
> puts 'End year:'
> endyear = gets.chomp
> puts 'The leap years between ' + beginyear + ' and ' + endyear + ':'
>
> beginyear = beginyear.to_i
> endyear = endyear.to_i
> if endyear < beginyear
>         puts 'Note: Begin year < End year'
> else
>         while (beginyear <= endyear)
>                 if
>                 (((beginyear % 4 == 0) and (beginyear %100 !=0)) or
> (beginyear % 400 == 0))
>        puts beginyear.to_s
>
>      end
>      (beginyear = beginyear.to_i + 1)
>    end
> end

Here's mine

require 'date'

puts 'Begin year:'
beginyear = Integer(gets)

puts 'End year:'
endyear = Integer(gets)

puts "Leap years between #{beginyear} and #{endyear}:"

for y in beginyear..endyear
  puts y if Date.new(y, 1, 1).leap?
end

Cheers

robert

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