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

Posted by uc
uc
4,309 Points

String interpolation in Ruby

What am I doing wrong? It does not work!

method.rb 
def mod(a, b)
  c = a % b
  return “The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{c}.” 
end
uc
uc
4,309 Points

I think there was a some kind of bug. Problem was solved!

2 Answers

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

You are using a weird symbol: ”

The real symbol you should use to wrap around strings are called double quotes. They look like this: "

I know; they look really similar!

Jose Soto
Jose Soto
23,407 Points
Jose Soto
Jose Soto
23,407 Points

Double check your quotation marks. The first one is not the same as the second one. Try this:

return "The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{c}."