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Java Java Objects (Retired) Creating the MVP For Each Loop

Posted by Watson Kambo
Watson Kambo
8,519 Points

Am Stuck on this task creating a method getTileCount,

Am not sure how to go about it I have tried my best, but I keep getting an error that the method is not created.

ScrabblePlayer.java 
public class ScrabblePlayer {
  private String mHand;

  public ScrabblePlayer() {
    mHand = "";
  }

  public String getHand() {
   return mHand;
  }

  public void addTile(char tile) {
    // Adds the tile to the hand of the player
    mHand += tile;
  }

  public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
   return mHand.indexOf(tile) > -1;
  }

  public char getTileCount(){
    char count = 0;
    for (char letter: mHand.toCharArray()){
      count += letter;
    }
    return count;
  } 
}

2 Answers

Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,073 Points
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,073 Points

The type of the method should be "int" and should receive a char parameter so you can check how many times that char appears in the mHand.

  public int getTileCount(char tile){
    int count = 0;
    for (char letter: mHand.toCharArray()){
      if (letter == tile) {
        count++;
      }
    }
    return count;
  }

I hope that helps a little bit

Watson Kambo
Watson Kambo
8,519 Points
Watson Kambo
Watson Kambo
8,519 Points

Fantastic, this helps alot it can be challenging sometimes to figure out how to do these things .. thanks