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Ruby

Posted by Darrell Brown
Darrell Brown
Courses Plus Student 1,288 Points

Ruby Code Challenge ....Ruby Numbers Set the variable product to be a multiple of the variables a and b.

a = 6 b = 2

..... I thought it would be a * b or, 6 * 2

I'm a little confused here, please help guys, thanks

2 Answers

Clayton Perszyk
MOD
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 49,047 Points
Clayton Perszyk
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 49,047 Points

You want to declare a new variable, product and assign a* b to it.

Darrell Brown
Darrell Brown
Courses Plus Student 1,288 Points

I put c = a * b ... and it was wrong

Clayton Perszyk
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 49,047 Points
Clayton Perszyk
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 49,047 Points

Replace c with the word product and it should pass; your code is valid, but the test for correctness is expecting the word product.

Darrell Brown
PLUS
Darrell Brown
Courses Plus Student 1,288 Points
Darrell Brown
Darrell Brown
Courses Plus Student 1,288 Points

Thanks so much! ... I wonder why he made us do something that wasn't apart of the videos... Confusing! But, thanks again man!