help me solve this if statement

could you help me solve this?

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number = randi([0,9])
if number == 2 ||4 ||6||8
    disp('number is even')
elseif number == 1||3||5||7||9
    disp('number is odd')
else 
    disp('number is zero')
end

Answer 1

[Alan Stevens]

Remove the ] in the top line!

Then

number = randi([0,9])
evens = [2,4,6,8];
odds = [1,3,5,7,9];
if ismember(number,evens)
    disp('number is even')
elseif ismember(number,odds)
    disp('number is odd')
else 
    disp('number is zero')
end