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Ruby program to demonstrate the downto() function

Last Updated : December 15, 2025

Problem Solution

In this program, we will demonstrate the downto() function. The downto() function returns all the numbers less than equal to the number till the specified number.

Program/Source Code

The source code to demonstrate the downto() function is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

# Ruby program to demonstrate the 
# downto() function

num1 = 5 ;
num2 = -5;

# Prints the number down to 1
num1.downto(1){| i | print i, " "}

print "\n";

# Prints the number down to -10
num2.downto(-10){| i | print i, " "}

Output

5 4 3 2 1 
-5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10

Explanation

In the above program, we created two integer variables num1, num2 that are initialized with 5, -5 respectively. Then we called the downto() function and printed numbers in decreasing order till the specified number.

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