Ruby Integer prime? function with example

The prime? function in Ruby returns a boolean value. It returns true if the number is prime, else it returns false. It requires the ‘prime’ class to be pre-added. 

Syntax: number.prime? 

Parameter: The function takes the integer which is to be checked for prime or not.

Return Value: The function returns a boolean value which determines if the value is prime or not.

Example 1: 

Ruby

# Ruby program for prime? function

# Pre-defined class
require 'prime'

# Initializing the numbers
num1 = 100
num2 = 17
num3 = 90
num4 = 29

# Printing if prime or not
puts num1.prime?
puts num2.prime?
puts num3.prime?
puts num4.prime?

Output: 

false
true
false
true

Example 2: 

Ruby

# Ruby program for prime? function

# Pre-defined class
require 'prime'

# Initializing the numbers
num1 = 13
num2 = 19
num3 = 18
num4 = 10

# Printing if prime or not
puts num1.prime?
puts num2.prime?
puts num3.prime?
puts num4.prime?

Output: 

true
true
false
false