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Ruby program to demonstrate the case statement with multiple values in the when block

Last Updated : December 15, 2025

Problem Solution

In this program, we will demonstrate the case statement with multiple values in the when block, here we read an integer number from the user and match the input number using the case statement and print the appropriate message.

Program/Source Code

The source code to demonstrate the case statement with range is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

# Ruby program to demonstrate the case statement 
# with multiple values in "when" block

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

case num
when 1,2,3
   puts "Input number is within the range of 1 to 3"; 
when 4,5,6
   puts "Input number is within the range of 4 to 6"; 
when 7,8,9
   puts "Input number is within the range of 7 to 9"; 
when 10,11,12
   puts "Input number is within the range of 10 to 12"; 
else
    puts "Unknown number";    
end

Output

Enter number: 9
Input number is within the range of 7 to 9

Explanation

In the above program, we read an integer number from the user and match the input number using the case statement with multiple values in the when block and printed the appropriate message.

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