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Posted February 22, 2017 2:39am by

Methods

Methods: During a coding challenge where it is telling me to create a method(s). It moves me to the next one but says the previous challenge is incorrect. Any idea why this would happen or what I can do more/better?

method.rb

def subtract (y, z)
  puts y - z
end
subtract(5, 4)

def multiply (l, m)
  puts l * m
end 
multiply(5 * 4)

1 Answer

February 22, 2017 2:43am

OK, there's two ways of fixing your program in my perspective, and you can do either:

Remove the function calls (the challenge excepts you to do so, but it also does this itself)

OR...

If you want to keep the function calls, you can replace the asterisk (the * character is an asterisk) with a comma. Remember: You need to pass in two arguments and not one! (The 5 * 4 evaluates to one value, 20.)

I hope this helps