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% Code to test whether a given year is % a leap-year. From % S. Bechtolsheim's "TeX in Practice" volume 3. \InputD{imodn.tip} \newif\if@LeapYear \def\LeapYearConditional #1{% TT\fi {% \count0 = #1\relax \IModN{\count0}{4}{\count1}% \ifnum\count1 = 0 \global\@LeapYeartrue \IModN{\count0}{100}{\count2}% \IModN{\count0}{400}{\count3}% \ifnum\count2 = 0 \global\@LeapYearfalse \fi \ifnum\count3 = 0 \global\@LeapYeartrue \fi \else \global\@LeapYearfalse \fi }% \if@LeapYear }
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Dictionary and script maintained by Neal Ziring, last major modifications 3/18/98. Most recent additions to dictionary and master list, 1/00.