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Created January 16, 2018 10:52
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Get the century, given the year
// Given a year, return the century it is in. The first century spans from the year 1
// up to and including the year 100, the second - from the year 101 up to
// and including the year 200, etc.
int centuryFromYear(int year) {
double century; //typecasting year to double precision
century = (double)year / 100; // and divide it by 100
century = Math.ceil(century);// and get the ceiling of it
return (int)century;
}
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zhanysch commented Jan 3, 2021

thank you! arigato!

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