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Seyfullah Erdogan
1,922 PointsCan you help me with this Code Challenge! Please!
Here is the link for the challenge:
http://teamtreehouse.com/library/java-objects/creating-the-mvp/strings-and-chars.
public class ScrabblePlayer {
private String mHand;
public ScrabblePlayer() {
mHand = "";
}
public String getHand() {
return mHand;
}
public void addTile(char tile) {
mHand += tile;
// Adds the tile to the hand of the player
}
public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
boolean hasTile = mHand.IndexOf('tile') >= 0;
return false;
}
}
Evans Attafuah
18,277 Pointstry the code below
public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
boolean hasTile = mHand.IndexOf(tile) != -1;
return hasTile;
}
1 Answer
Alberto Sanchez
2,268 Pointstry this:
public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
if ((mHand.indexOf(tile) >= 0)){
return true;
}else{
return false;
}
}
Evans Attafuah
18,277 PointsThe if and else statement might not be necessary. Write less code as much as possible. A one liner like so " boolean has_tile = mHand.IndexOf(tile) != -1; return has_tile;", produces the same results.
Jesse Gravenor
27,272 PointsJesse Gravenor
27,272 PointsFirst of all you don't need to set a variable for hasTile at all. You can save some code and just return the boolean true or false value through an if/else statement.
You are using the right method, indexOf(), but your case is off. Also, indexOf() returns a -1 value when a char is not found in the string. This is in the video somewhere. Also, you don't need the quotes on the parameter of tile, because you want it's contents, not the literal word 'tile'.
I hope this helps!