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

Raul Grigoriu
Raul Grigoriu
1,060 Points
Posted by Raul Grigoriu
Raul Grigoriu
1,060 Points

Help on a challenge!

Bummer! Make sure you return a nicely formatted string.

I do not really understand what is not nice in my string really? Can somebody illuminate me please?
Thank you in advance!:)

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

puts mod(5, 9)

3 Answers

Ryan Huber
Ryan Huber
13,021 Points

You are actually not returning your answer as a string. You are printing (puts) a string and then returning just the answer. Try returning the string with your answer:

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

puts mod(5, 9)

Also make sure all your string interpolations have a hash(#) in front of them. Let me know if you still have questions.

Raul Grigoriu
Raul Grigoriu
1,060 Points
Raul Grigoriu
Raul Grigoriu
1,060 Points

Thanks a million Ryan, for now I am good to go but I am most sure in the future...

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Hi Raul - There should only be a return statement inside the method which returns the sentence "The remainder of a divided by b is c." Use string interpolation inside that string to replace a, b, and c with their actual values and don't display anything.

Raul Grigoriu
Raul Grigoriu
1,060 Points
Raul Grigoriu
Raul Grigoriu
1,060 Points

Thank for your quick reply Kourosh! :)