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Ruby program to check the given number is POSITIVE or NEGATIVE using the ternary operator

Ruby Example: Write a program to check the given number is POSITIVE or NEGATIVE using the ternary operator.
Submitted by Nidhi, on December 01, 2021

Problem Solution:

In this program, we will read an integer number from the user. Then we will check the given number is POSITIVE or NEGATIVE.

Program/Source Code:

The source code to find the given number is POSITIVE or NEGATIVE using the ternary operator is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

# Ruby program to find the given number is 
# POSITIVE or NEGATIVE using ternary operator

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

msg=num>0 ? "POSITIVE" : "NEGATIVE"; 
print "Number is: ",msg;

Output:

Enter number: -23
Number is: NEGATIVE

Explanation:

In the above program, we read an integer number from the user and checked the given number is POSITIVE or NEGATIVE using the ternary operator and printed the appropriate message.

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