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

Posted by Ahmed SALMI
Ahmed SALMI
18,235 Points

Why it's doesn't work

i run it in the workspace and it works fine and i don't why it doesn't work here

method.rb 
def mod(a, b)
  #write your code here
  return "The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{a % b}" 
end

puts mod(4,5)

1 Answer

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points

Hey Ahmed,

the error message tells you to check your punctuation and that's really the problem. The code is actually perfectly fine, good job! :) However the only thing that's missing is the period in the end. Challenges are really picky about this so take care of every little detail.

You also don't have to output and call the function yourself as this will happen automatically when the challenge is evaluated.

It should look like this then:

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

I hope that helps! :)