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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) Ruby Methods Method Returns: Part 2

Muhammad Athar
Muhammad Athar
4,004 Points
Posted by Muhammad Athar
Muhammad Athar
4,004 Points

Cant get this to work

It doesn't work. It keeps giving an error

method.rb 
def mod(a, b)
  #write your code here
  c = a % b
  "The remainder of a divided by b is c"
end

2 Answers

Muhammad Athar
Muhammad Athar
4,004 Points
Muhammad Athar
Muhammad Athar
4,004 Points 
def mod(a, b)
  return "The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{a % b}."
end

This worked for me. Thanks for your help.

Tim Knight
Tim Knight
28,888 Points
Tim Knight
Tim Knight
28,888 Points

Muhammad,

The instructions are actually asking you to output the values of a, b, and c within the returned statement.

So for example if you did mod(12, 2) they want the return of that to say:

"The remainder of 12 divided by 2 is 6."

How might you modify your return statement to output those values?