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

Posted by Zulèma van Gom
Zulèma van Gom
3,493 Points

What do you guys mean w/ "nicely formatted string"? I can't seem to find my mistake and really would like to move on.

I've been looking at my screen for 20 minutes now and I can't seem to find it. Total newby here, so my apologies.

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

 puts mod(10, 5)

2 Answers

Corina Meyer
Corina Meyer
9,990 Points
Corina Meyer
Corina Meyer
9,990 Points

i think it's the 'c' in the string. you may have to replace it with instead of returning the mod value

jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points
jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points

Corina is correct. You're supposed to use string interpolation on c. In this case, you can define a variable named c and assign it the remainder of dividing a by b. You'll also want to return the string instead of printing it.

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

Though I'm sure there probably is a cleaner way to write this.