can anyone suggest a formula to use when calculating the next leap year after a user inputs a year which is not a leap year and you want to show the next leap year.

i can not use any loops in this formula.

thanks

Note that leap years are equally divisible by 4. Hence there is no remainder. You'll also notice a sequence forming with the remainders when you divide other years by 4. For instance:

2000/4 = 500 remainder 0
2001/4 = 500 remainder 1
2002/4 = 500 remainder 2
2003/4 = 500 remainder 3
2004/4 = 501 remainder 0
2005/4 = 501 remainder 1
2006/4 = 501 remainder 2
2007/4 = 501 remainder 3
The remainder sequence repeats itself.

You can then use this recurring sequence within an if/else structure and use the modulus operator to create the condition.

For example:

Apologies for the syntax it's been a while since I've touched C++ or even did any programming.

Hope this helps :-)
Andrew Lai