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

Sam Ruedinger
Sam Ruedinger
6,862 Points

What am I missing in this code exercise?

This code seems to output what the exercise is looking for. Am I calling the method wrong? I don't quite understand what I'm doing wrong in this exercise. Thanks!

method.rb
def mod(a,b)
  a % b
end

a = 100
b = 10
c = mod(a,b)

puts "The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{c}."
Sam Ruedinger
Sam Ruedinger
6,862 Points

PS I'm not sure if this links to the instructions or not. Just in case it doesn't, here they are:

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 β€œThe remainder of a divided by b is c.” where a is your β€œa” variable, b is your β€œb” variable, and c is the value of a % b.

3 Answers

Here is the correct code:

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

a = 100
b = 10
c = mod(a,b)

Take a look a see if you can understand how it works. cheers.

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

return the string, "The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{a % b}." in mod().

Sam Ruedinger
Sam Ruedinger
6,862 Points

That's super helpful, thanks guys! :)