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Ruby program to check the given number is EVEN or ODD using ternary operator

Last Updated : December 15, 2025

Problem Solution

In this program, we will read an integer number from the user. Then we will check given number is EVEN or ODD.

Program/Source Code

The source code to check the given number is EVEN or ODD using the ternary operator is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

# Ruby program to check given number is 
# EVEN or ODD using ternary operator

number=0;

print "Enter number: ";
number = gets.chomp.to_i;  

Msg = (number%2==0) ? "EVEN" : "ODD";

print "Number is: ",Msg;

Output

Enter number: 15
Number is: ODD

Explanation

In the above program, we created an integer variable number initialized with 0. Then we checked the given number is EVEN or ODD. After that, we printed the appropriate message.

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