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Ruby program to demonstrate the case statement

Last Updated : December 15, 2025

Problem Solution

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

Program/Source Code

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

# Ruby program to demonstrate 
# the case statement

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

case num
when 1
   puts "Input is 1"; 
when 2
   puts "Input is 2"; 
when 3
   puts "Input is 3"; 
when 4
   puts "Input is 4"; 
when 5
   puts "Input is 5"; 
else
    puts "Unknown number";    
end

Output

Enter number: 3
Input is 3

Explanation

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

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