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

Carl Sergile
Carl Sergile
16,570 Points
Posted by Carl Sergile
Carl Sergile
16,570 Points

Method help

Seems like Im just not getting this question. everything else is crystal clear.

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

1 Answer

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points

Hey there Carl,

good job until here, you almost got it right! Note that you have to return the string. You're printing out the string but you're not returning it. Also your return statement wouldn't work like this and you would probably just write something like return a % b . However like I already said you have to return the string and if you do so note that you can also do operations when you interpolate like so:

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

I hope that helps! :)