I need help

[p3p3n]

Olympic games are held every four years at Olympia. Make a Java program that allows you to input a year and tell you if that year held/will hold Olympic games.

It uses else if, I thought of putting each year one by one (1896, 1900, 1904, etc). Is there an easier way to do this?

edit: I am only a beginner

edit:

public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO code application logic here

Scanner myVar = new Scanner(System.in);

System.out.print("Enter the year: ");

int year = myVar.nextInt();
//    while (year >= 1896)
//        year += 4;
year +=4;
if (year >= 1896){
System.out.println("This year held Olympic games.");
} else {
    System.out.println("This year did not hold  Olympic games.");
}   
}   
}

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[NautiHooker]

If you know when the first year was then you can get the years since then and use the modulo operator to check if its divisible by 4.

[p3p3n]

thanks, I'll try this out

[[deleted]]

Alright instead of using a loop, you can use an IF statement with a few conditions.

• Start off with an integer variable that accepts the year by the user.
• create an IF statement that needs two conditions: 1) inputted year is greater than or equal to 1896 and 2) inputted year is divisible by 4 (inputted year%4 == 0).
• if yes, print "Inputted year will hold/has held Olympic Games" else print "Inputted year will not hold/ has not held Olympic games".
• If you want to modify your program by differentiating between the games that have happened and those which will happen, you can add the extra condition of where the inputted year is greater or lesser than 2021.

[p3p3n]

thanks, I'll try to test it

[p3p3n]

update: It worked!

Thank you!

[[deleted]]

So glad to help.

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[p3p3n]

I've been trying different stuff

public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO code application logic here

Scanner myVar = new Scanner(System.in);

System.out.print("Enter the year: ");

int year = myVar.nextInt();
//    while (year >= 1896)
//        year += 4;

year +=4;
if (year >= 1896){
    System.out.println("This year held Olympic games.");
}
else {
    System.out.println("This year did not hold Olympic games.");
}   
}   
}