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

Alex Mangrolia
Alex Mangrolia
2,172 Points
Posted by Alex Mangrolia
Alex Mangrolia
2,172 Points

Ruby challenge for Remainder

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.

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

1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Alex - The puts statement is never reached since you have a return statement above it. Also, the challenge is asking you to return a string not display it, so you just need a return statement. You're also missing the # before {a % b} and a period at the end of string.