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

Posted by sonia iduma
sonia iduma
542 Points

I am getting the error "Make sure you return a nicely formatted string" can anyone help?

Everything look right to me from the code but it still isnt passing

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

mod(4,7)
sonia iduma
sonia iduma
542 Points

found the answer thanks

1 Answer

Vlad Filiucov
Vlad Filiucov
10,665 Points
Vlad Filiucov
Vlad Filiucov
10,665 Points

Answer is in the error message. You need to return a string. You are returning a%b - it will be an integer. You can remove last line completely. Because last thing that method does is returned so you can omit return keyword. And you can put the c=a%b expression inside concatenated string, so you can save some more. So your method could look like this.

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

mod(4,7)

Or you can even try without the "puts" word

sonia iduma
sonia iduma
542 Points

Thank you