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

Jorge Garcia
Jorge Garcia
6,496 Points
Posted by Jorge Garcia
Jorge Garcia
6,496 Points

String interpolation

I have no idea how to move on from this. I feel like i've tried everything that I know and it's not doing it.

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

4 Answers

nulled
nulled
1,890 Points
nulled
nulled
1,890 Points

What you have is close. This should work:

def mod(a, b)
  c = a % b
  return "The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{c}."
end
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Hi Jorge - Instead of displaying the string with puts you need to return it, so change puts to return and remove the other return statement. Also, you need to use string interpolation where you have c in the string. That's where you need to use a%b.

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Hi, the best way to do it is this:

def mod(a, b)
    return "The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{a % b}."
end
Jorge Garcia
Jorge Garcia
6,496 Points
Jorge Garcia
Jorge Garcia
6,496 Points

That did it!! Thank you all so much!