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

Jesse Fister
Jesse Fister
11,968 Points
Posted by Jesse Fister
Jesse Fister
11,968 Points

methods/strings in ruby

In the previous challenge, we wrote a method that returned the remainder of two arguments when divided. That's cool, but it would be nicer if the method returned the remainder in a nice full sentence. Use string interpolation to return the remainder inside the sentence “The remainder of a divided by b is c.” where a is your “a” variable, b is your “b” variable, and c is the value of a % b.

This question is stumping me. My code is below.

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

1 Answer

Adam Rainsby
Adam Rainsby
2,848 Points
Adam Rainsby
Adam Rainsby
2,848 Points

In your code you aren't interpolating the c variable so it will just show up as 'c'. You will need to put that in the hash and curly braces. You also aren't returning the sentence, you are just printing it out and then returning c. You should define c first and then put it into the string.

Like this...

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