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Ruby program to create a user-defined function with arguments and a return value

Last Updated : December 15, 2025

Problem Solution

In this program, we will create a user-defined function with arguments and a return value. Here we will add both arguments and return the result.

Program/Source Code

The source code to create a user-defined function with arguments and return value is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

# Ruby program to create a user define function 
# with arguments and return value

def AddNum(num1, num2)
   add = num1 + num2;
   return add;
end

print "Enter number1: ";
num1 = gets.chomp.to_i;  
    
print "Enter number2: ";
num2 = gets.chomp.to_i;  

print "Addition is: ",AddNum(num1,num2);

Output

Enter number1: 23
Enter number2: 45
Addition is: 68

Explanation

In the above program, we created a function AddNum() with arguments and return a value. In the AddNum() function, we added both numbers and return the result. Then we printed the result.

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