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Ruby program to demonstrate the case statement with range

Last Updated : December 15, 2025

Problem Solution

In this program, we will demonstrate the case statement with range, here we read an integer number from the user and match the input number using the case statement with range.

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 range

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

case num
when 1..5
   puts "Input number is within the range of 1 to 5"; 
when 6..10
   puts "Input number is within the range of 6 to 10"; 
when 11..15
   puts "Input number is within the range of 11 to 15"; 
when 16..20
   puts "Input number is within the range of 16 to 20"; 
when 21..25
   puts "Input number is within the range of 21 to 25"; 
else
    puts "Unknown number";    
end

Output

Enter number: 22
Input number is within the range of 21 to 25

Explanation

In the above program, we read an integer number from the user and match the input number using the case statement with range, and print the appropriate message.

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