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# Leap
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Given a year, report if it is a leap year.
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The tricky thing here is that a leap year in the Gregorian calendar occurs:
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```text
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on every year that is evenly divisible by 4
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except every year that is evenly divisible by 100
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unless the year is also evenly divisible by 400
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```
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For example, 1997 is not a leap year, but 1996 is. 1900 is not a leap
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year, but 2000 is.
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If your language provides a method in the standard library that does
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this look-up, pretend it doesn't exist and implement it yourself.
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## Notes
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Though our exercise adopts some very simple rules, there is more to
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learn!
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For a delightful, four minute explanation of the whole leap year
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phenomenon, go watch [this youtube video][video].
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[video]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX96xng7sAE
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* * * *
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For installation and learning resources, refer to the
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[exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby).
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For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a
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terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
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gem install minitest
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If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in
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the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
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the test file.
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Run the tests from the exercise directory using the following command:
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ruby leap_test.rb
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To include color from the command line:
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ruby -r minitest/pride leap_test.rb
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## Source
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JavaRanch Cattle Drive, exercise 3 [http://www.javaranch.com/leap.jsp](http://www.javaranch.com/leap.jsp)
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## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
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It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.
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