# Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
#
# This file is part of Octave.
#
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function retval = is_leap_year (year)

# usage: is_leap_year (year)
#
# Return 1 if the given year is a leap year; otherwise, return 0.
# With no arguments, use the current year.

  if (nargin > 1)
    usage ("is_leap_year (year)");
  endif

  if (nargin == 0)
    t = clock ();
    year = t (1);
  endif

  retval = ((rem (year, 4) == 0 & rem (year, 100) != 0) ...
	    | rem (year, 400) == 0);

endfunction