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

Posted by David Ward
David Ward
Courses Plus Student 795 Points

"Make sure to return a nicely formatted sentence."

I have no idea why my code will not pass. It should be returning exactly what the question is asking for!

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

puts mod(20, 10)

1 Answer

Rich Donnellan
MOD
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points

Here is a hint (bold):

Use string interpolation to return the remainder inside the sentence ...

Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points

For whatever reason, the Markdown syntax for a blockquote isn't rendering correctly.

Edit: Bug reported and confirmed.