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

Dimitrios Kavadas
Dimitrios Kavadas
2,942 Points
Posted by Dimitrios Kavadas
Dimitrios Kavadas
2,942 Points

Modulus Challenge trouble

Hello,

I am trying to finish my challenge and my code is not accepted. I tried it in the Workspace and works out just right. Could someone advise me where I am going wrong?

Here is my code:

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

Thanks.

Dimitrios

2 Answers

Dimitrios Kavadas
Dimitrios Kavadas
2,942 Points
Dimitrios Kavadas
Dimitrios Kavadas
2,942 Points

Should have been return instead of puts. Anyone know the difference?

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Dimitrious,

puts is going to print the string to the screen and it's essentially lost at that point.

With return you're returning that string back to the code that called the method. That means you can save it in a variable and do other things with it. And even still print it later with puts. You have a lot more flexibility when your methods return values instead of printing them out.