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

Posted by Michael Meier
Michael Meier
383 Points

I cant seem to get past this part of the tutorial, I did what it asked and my code returns a 'Nice clean string'!

I am trying to go through this tutorial, and I got to a place where it wants me to create a method with 2 arguments that return a good, clean string with "The remainder in the division of a and b is c", and I made a nice string but it wont accept it, I dont know what it wants, the thing looks good to me!

method.rb 
def mod(a, b)
  c = a % b
    puts "The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{c}"
end
mod(17,4)

2 Answers

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points
Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points

Try using return instead of puts. 

def mod(a, b)
  c = a % b
    return "The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{c}"
end
mod(17,4)
Taylor Porter
Taylor Porter
2,338 Points
Taylor Porter
Taylor Porter
2,338 Points

Hi Michael!

Make sure you add your punctuation! The lesson is very specific on your grammar.

You put:

def mod(a, b) c = a % b puts "The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{c}" end mod(17,4)

You should have put:

def mod(a, b) c = a % b return "The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{c}." end mod(17,4)

Hope this helps!