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

Posted by Ivan Černja
Ivan Černja
1,383 Points

Create a method called "mod" that takes two arguments, "a" and "b", and returns the remainder of "a" when divided by "b"

Right, so I have this question. Create a method called "mod" that takes two arguments, "a" and "b", and returns the remainder of "a" when divided by "b". Hint: remember the "%" operator!

I'm able to create def mod (a, b) puts a / b return %a / b end

How do I fix it?

1 Answer

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

you dont need to puts anything to the console. all you need to do is return the remainder of a divided by b. to do this you use the modulo operator which is %. you use the modulo operator like any other binary mathematical operator such as +, - *, and /. It goes in between two operands. for example, to return the remainder of a variable some_variable divided by another_variable, you would use

return some_variable % another_variable

so remove the puts statement and fix the return statement