Write a C program to find whether a given year is a leap year or not.

A leap year is exactly divisible by 4 except for century years (years ending with 00). The century year is a leap year only if it is perfectly divisible by 400.

For example,

  • 1999 is not a leap year
  • 2000 is a leap year
  • 2016 is a leap year

#include <stdio.h>
int main() 
{
   int year;
   printf("Enter a year: ");
   scanf("%d", &year);
   if (year % 400 == 0) {
      printf("%d is a leap year.", year);
   }
   else if (year % 100 == 0) {
      printf("%d is not a leap year.", year);
   }
   else if (year % 4 == 0) {
      printf("%d is a leap year.", year);
   }
   else {
      printf("%d is not a leap year.", year);
   }
   return 0;
}

Output 1

Enter a year: 1900
1900 is not a leap year.

Output 2

Enter a year: 2016
2016 is a leap year.

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