From: "Eduardo B." <lists@...>
Date: 2013-01-23T13:45:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Leap year programing

Kristine Lai wrote in post #1093222:
> Hi, I'm also a newbie trying the Leap Year problem using while loops..
> Can anyone advice why the following code doesn't work?  Much thanks!
>
> puts "Enter starting year:"
>       starting_year = gets.chomp.to_i
> puts "Enter ending year:"
>       ending_year = gets.chomp.to_i
> while true
>       year = starting_year
>       if (year%4==0)&& (year%100!=0)
>           puts year.to_s + ' is a Leap Year'
>       end
>     year = year +1
>       break if year >= ending_year
> end

You are resetting the variable "year" to "starting_year" every time to 
loop runs.  Set the variable "year" outside of the while loop.  Also, 
there is a leap year every 400 years.

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