{"id":8536,"date":"2024-03-14T08:16:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T08:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-write-code-in-c-language-to-determine-leap-year\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T06:16:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T06:16:52","slug":"how-to-write-code-in-c-language-to-determine-leap-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-write-code-in-c-language-to-determine-leap-year\/","title":{"rendered":"C Leap Year Program: Code &#038; Explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;stdio.h&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> year;\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Enter a year: \"<\/span>);\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">scanf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d\"<\/span>, &amp;year);\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> ((year % <span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span> == <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span> &amp;&amp; year % <span class=\"hljs-number\">100<\/span> != <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>) || year % <span class=\"hljs-number\">400<\/span> == <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>) {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d is a leap year.\\n\"<\/span>, year);\r\n    } <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">else<\/span> {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d is not a leap year.\\n\"<\/span>, year);\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this code snippet, the user first inputs a year, and then uses conditional statements to determine if the year is a leap year. 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