Source: Class: Range [ruby-doc.org]

Returns true if obj is an element of rng, false otherwise. Conveniently, === is the comparison operator used by case statements.

case 79
when 1..50 then print "low\n"
when 51..75 then print "medium\n"
when 76..100 then print "high\n"
end

produces:

high

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