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Ruby program to demonstrate the if statement

Last Updated : December 15, 2025

Problem Solution

In this program, we will demonstrate the if statement. Here, we will read an integer number from the user and check input number is "EVEN" or "ODD" using the if statement.

Program/Source Code

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

# Ruby program to demonstrate 
# the if statement

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

if(num%2 == 0)
    print ("Number is EVEN");
end

if(num%2 != 0)
    print ("Number is ODD");
end

Output

RUN 1:
Enter number: 23
Number is ODD

RUN 2:
Enter number: 122
Number is EVEN

Explanation

In the above program, we read an integer number from the user using gets.chomp.to_i. Then we found the given number is "EVEN" or "ODD" using the if statement and printed the result.

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