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

Janett Duran
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Janett Duran
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Posted by Janett Duran
Janett Duran
Courses Plus Student 2,767 Points

Is the code I inputted incorrect?

I inputted this following code into my workspace and it is working there, but the actual task is telling that it's wrong. Am I doing something wrong? Do I also need to def the value of "c"?

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

puts mod(11, 5)

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

puts mod(11, 5)
end
y0ger
y0ger
3,461 Points
y0ger
y0ger
3,461 Points

I'm getting the same one too. The error I get is "Make sure you return a nicely formatted string."

def mod(a, b)
 puts "The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{c = a % b}."
end
puts mod(13, 7)

1 Answer

David Cisneros
David Cisneros
10,472 Points 
def mod(a, b)
  c = a % b
  return "The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{c}."
end

This is what worked for me.

its easier to just set c to a variable containing the operation of c % b, and just return the interpolation of the variables a,b,c