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

Posted by ibraheemzahran
ibraheemzahran
2,248 Points

challenge task stage 4

def mod(a, b) puts a % b end mod(5, 3) I input this and it doesn't work. Why?

2 Answers

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
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Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

It should be:

def mod(a, b) 
  a % b
end

puts does not return a value, it prints it. And they never asked you to use it with 5 and 3 as arguments :)

ibraheemzahran
ibraheemzahran
2,248 Points
ibraheemzahran
ibraheemzahran
2,248 Points

Awesome! Thanks for the help @Maciej! :)