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Varun Khanna
1,831 PointsCant figure out whats wrong
please help.. whats wrong with the code?
def mod(a, b)
#write your code here
a = a
b = b
c = a / b
“The remainder of a divided by b is #{c}.”
end
2 Answers
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! You have a few problems. To begin with you do not need the a = a and b = b. Those are given when they come into the function. Also, the challenge explicitly asks you to return the string. But you're not doing anything at all with the string. It's not being printed or going to a variable.
The remainder of 7 divided by 3 would be 1. Because three goes into 7 twice with one left over. But you're assigning the result of division to the variable c. In my example, c would now be equal to 2.333....
And finally, you're using the wrong kind of quotation marks in your string. This will cause compiler errors. Take a look:
def mod(a, b)
#write your code here
c = a % b
return "The remainder of #{a} divided by #{b} is #{c}."
end
Here we define the function. We make a new variable named c. Then we assign the modulus of a and b to c. Then we return the string (with the correct quotation marks). Hope this helps!
Varun Khanna
1,831 PointsThanks a ton for helping me out!