I have a feeling it's very obvious... pardon me! What am I doing wrong?

Question

Which two arguments should be beside mod? How do I say a%b=c in a valid way?

method.rb

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

Answer 1 · 2016-02-12T00:44:41Z

February 12, 2016 12:44am

Hey Ana,

You are on the right track, but there are 3 little things:

You have an unneeded puts statement (that also wasn't asked for in the challenge) where you are doing the calculation. This calculation should actually be done right in the interpolated string.
You are using puts on the interpolated string when the challenge is asking for a return.
Challenges are very picky and very strict. So, this one is more just that. You are missing a period inside of the String Interpolation.

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

Keep Coding! :)

Answer 2 · 2016-02-12T00:46:01Z

February 12, 2016 12:46am

The method should return that string so try return instead of puts:

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

Answer 3 · 2016-02-12T00:48:21Z

February 12, 2016 12:48am

Thank you both!!! This makes so much sense. Sipping (gulping) a fresh cup of coffee. Need it evidently, ha! Brilliant.

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