Microsoft Interview Question






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boolean isLeapYear(unsigned int year) {
  if ((year & 0x3) != 0) {
    return false;
  } else if ((year % 200) != 0) {
    return true;
  } else {
    return (year % 1000) == 0;
  }
}

- FooBar February 01, 2007 | Flag Reply
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The question is wrong.

Leap year has a different definition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year

- q0987 February 09, 2007 | Flag Reply
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It might me right... thatz how the interviewer might have def. a leap year as...

- Vamsi December 05, 2007 | Flag Reply
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return year%4?0:year%100?1:year%400?0:1;

- Crab March 01, 2008 | Flag Reply
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wiki says
if (year modulo 4 is 0) and (year modulo 100 is not 0) or (year modulo 400 is 0)
then is_leap_year
else
not_leap_year

- anonymous_listener August 22, 2010 | Flag Reply


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