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Ruby | Numeric method

The <=> is an inbuilt method in Ruby, which returns 0 if both the numbers are equal, else it returns 1. 

Syntax: a <=> b 



Parameters: The function needs two number whose comparison is to be done.

Return Value: It returns 0 if both the numbers are same, else it returns 1.



Example 1:  




# Ruby program for <=> method in Numeric
  
# Initialize two numbers 
a = 19 
b = 4 
  
# Prints 0 if equal else 1
puts  a<=>b

Output

1

Example 2




# Ruby program for <=> method in Numeric
  
# Initialize two numbers 
a = 13
b = 13
  
# Prints 0 if equal else 1
puts  a <=> b 

Output

0

 

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