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

Posted by Pablo Garcia
Pablo Garcia
2,697 Points

String interpolation to return the remainder inside the sentence

Forgot to post the question in my previous post any help is appreciated, thank you

In the previous challenge, we wrote a method that returned the remainder of two arguments when divided. That's cool, but it would be nicer if the method returned the remainder in a nice full sentence. Use string interpolation to return the remainder inside the sentence “The remainder of a divided by b is c.” where a is your “a” variable, b is your “b” variable, and c is the value of a % b

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

2 Answers

David O' Rojo
David O' Rojo
11,051 Points
David O' Rojo
David O' Rojo
11,051 Points

Hi, Pablo.

You're required to return the calculations inside the interpolated string. In your snippet, you're sending the interpolated string to standard output and then returning the result of the calculation.

Andrei Burichita
Andrei Burichita
9,989 Points
Andrei Burichita
Andrei Burichita
9,989 Points

don't forget the exercise in the video...you can do calculation inside the sentence.... and read the requirements carefully. It needs only return that is all.