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Ruby program to find the largest number among three numbers using ternary operator

Ruby Example: Write a program to find the largest number among three numbers using ternary operator.
Submitted by Nidhi, on December 01, 2021

Problem Solution:

In this program, we will read three integer numbers from the user. Then we will find the largest among the three numbers using the ternary operator.

Program/Source Code:

The source code to find the largest number among three numbers using the ternary operator is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

# Ruby program to find the largest number 
# among three numbers using ternary operator

print "Enter first number: ";
a = gets.chomp.to_i;  

print "Enter second number: ";
b = gets.chomp.to_i;  

print "Enter third number: ";
c = gets.chomp.to_i;  

largest=a>b ? a>c ?a : c : b>c ? b : c;        
        
print "Largest number is: ",largest;

Output:

Enter first number: 12
Enter second number: 16
Enter third number: 19
Largest number is: 19

Explanation:

In the above program, we read three integer numbers from the user and found the largest number among them using the ternary operator, and printed the result.

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