Leap Year or Common Year

Introduction

In this project, you will learn how to determine whether a given year is a leap year or a common year. You will implement a Python function that takes a year as input and outputs whether the year is a leap year or a common year.

👀 Preview

Please enter a year: 2000
>>> The year is a leap year

Please enter a year: 1900
>>> The year is a common year

Please enter a year: 1582
>>> Please enter a year after 1582

🎯 Tasks

In this project, you will learn:

• How to implement a function to check if a year is a leap year or a common year
• How to handle different types of input, including valid years, invalid years, and non-integer inputs
• How to print the appropriate output based on the input year

🏆 Achievements

After completing this project, you will be able to:

• Understand the concept of leap years and common years
• Write a Python function to determine the type of a given year
• Implement error handling to handle various input scenarios
• Apply your knowledge of conditional statements and data types in Python