[Tutor] How to test for a remainder from division

[Kent Johnson]

Matt Smith wrote:
> ere is the final code I have come up with, any comments?
> 
> # A program to determine whether a year is a leap year or not
> 
> def is_leap_year(year):
> # Function that accepts a year as input and returns true if it is a leap
> year, false if it is not
>     if year % 4 == 0 and (year % 100 != 0 or year % 400 == 0):
>         return True
>     else:
>         return False

There is no need for the if statement, you can return the result directly:
   return year % 4 == 0 and (year % 100 != 0 or year % 400 == 0)

Kent

> 
> # Main program logic
> year = raw_input("What year? ")
> year = int(year)
> if is_leap_year(year):
>     print year, "is a leap year."
> else:
>     print year, "is not a leap year"
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
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