Ruby Array Exercises: Find the difference between the largest and smallest values of a given array of integers of length 1 or more
Write a Ruby program to find the difference between the largest and smallest values of a given array of integers of length 1 or more.

Ruby Code:
def check_array(nums)
max = nums[0];
min = nums[0];
nums.each do |item|
if(item > max)
max = item;
elsif(item < min)
min = item
end
end
return (max-min)
end
print check_array([3, 4, 5, 6]),"\n"
print check_array([3, 4, 5]),"\n"
print check_array([3, 4])
Output:
3 2 1
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