MATLAB: Writing a Leap year function without using the leapyr function

functionleapyearloops

I'm needing a to write a function that takes in a start and end year, and that outputs the leap years in-between those 2 parameters. I feel like I have a good base, but I can't figure out how to include that a year is not a leap year if it is divisible by 100. I have 2 potential ideas as to how to approach the task, but This is what I have so far:
function [] = leapyears(startYear,endYear)
for x=startYear-1:4:endYear-1
    fprintf('%i \n', x+1);
    if mod(startYear,100)==0
%y=0;
%while y<startYear
    %if mod(startYear, 4) == 0 && mod(startYear, 400)==0 && mod(startYear,100)==0
        %for x=startYear-1:4:endYear-1
        %fprintf('%i \n', x+1);
          %end

  %y=y+1
      %end
end

Best Answer

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar
Every year that is exactly divisible by four is a leap year, except for years that are exactly divisible by 100, but these centurial years are leap years if they are exactly divisible by 400. For example, the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 are not leap years, but the year 2000 is.[5]
startYear = 1888; endYear = 2003; % Sample data
yy = [startYear:endYear];
is_leap = (mod(yy,4)==0 & not( mod(yy,100)==0 )) | mod(yy,400)==0;
yy(is_leap)
returns
ans =
  Columns 1 through 7
        1888        1892        1896        1904        1908        1912        1916
  Columns 8 through 14
        1920        1924        1928        1932        1936        1940        1944
  Columns 15 through 21
        1948        1952        1956        1960        1964        1968        1972
  Columns 22 through 28
        1976        1980        1984        1988        1992        1996        2000
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