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

Posted by kobe Anthony
kobe Anthony
1,815 Points

How am I supposed to format the return string within this method?

I'm confused on what I'm doing wrong.

method.rb 
def mod(a, b)
  puts "The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{a%b}"
  return a%b
end
mod(8,3)
kobe Anthony
kobe Anthony
1,815 Points

The challenge is "Use string interpolation to return the remainder inside the sentence “The remainder of a divided by b is c.” where a is your “a” variable, b is your “b” variable, and c is the value of a % b."

1 Answer

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

kobe, as you know from other challenges, the editor can be very picky. Here's what you need:

def mod(a, b)
  #write your code here
  return "The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{a % b}."
end

You need to return the string, not the remainder, and you need a period at the end of the string.