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Posted by Afrid Mondal
Afrid Mondal
9,509 Points

Please help me to understand the concept behind it

I am trying to build a function where it should return true or false based on the input. its function to check the year we will pass a input to check its a leap year or not. I found this from google but I am not getting the concept behind it. Please help.

def is_leap(year):
    leap = False
    if year % 4 == 0:
        if year % 100 == 0:
            if year % 400 == 0:
                leap = True
            else:
                leap = False
        else:
            leap = True
    else:
        leap = False
    return leap

1 Answer

Philip Schultz
Philip Schultz
11,437 Points
Philip Schultz
Philip Schultz
11,437 Points

Hey Afrid, Have you seen this article- This somewhat explains what is going on. Take a look at all of the answered question at the end of the article if there is something more specific. https://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-Leap-Years

Afrid Mondal
Afrid Mondal
9,509 Points

Thanks Philip, it helps.