CMPSC 200 03 Leap Year Live Example

Описание: In this MATLAB programming tutorial, we walk through how to determine whether a given year is a leap year using clear logical rules and `if` statements. You will learn how to translate the mathematical definition of a leap year into a flowchart, and then convert that flowchart into a working MATLAB function that returns 1 for leap years and 0 for non–leap years.

The video explores the leap year rules in detail (divisibility by 4, 100, and 400), then shows how to implement them using the `mod` function in MATLAB. We start with a nested–`if` approach that closely follows the flowchart, test it on several real examples (1900, 2000, 2020, 2021, and more), and then simplify the logic into a single compact conditional statement using logical operators `&&` and `||`. This is a great example for students learning how to go from problem statement to flowchart to clean, testable MATLAB code.

This video is ideal for MATLAB beginners, engineering and computer science students, or anyone learning programming basics, conditional logic, and function design in MATLAB.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:33 Flowchart for leap year logic
7:30 MATLAB function setup and `mod` explanation
11:00 Testing the leap year function with example years
16:00 Simplifying nested `if` statements into one condition
19:30 Final condensed leap year function and wrap–up