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Java Java Objects (Retired) Creating the MVP Strings and Chars

Posted by APRIL GOLDEN
APRIL GOLDEN
812 Points

constructor in a scrabble game

Error Alert! Constructor in Scrabble player in class scrabble player cannot be applied to given types? new ScrabblePlayer

ScrabblePlayer.java 
public class ScrabblePlayer {
    private String mHand;

    public  ScrabblePlayer(String hand) {
        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) {
       return mHand.indexOf(tile) >-1;
    }
  public int getTileCount(char tile){
    int counter = 0;
    for(char letter: mHand.toCharArray()){
      if(letter == tile){
        counter += 1;
}
    }
    return counter;
  }
}

2 Answers

Kristian Terziev
Kristian Terziev
28,449 Points
Kristian Terziev
Kristian Terziev
28,449 Points

Hmm if your problem is with the challenge, you don't need the getTileCount method. Remove it and try again. I copied these two lines of code into my challenge and it worked just fine:

mHand += tile;

and 

return mHand.indexOf(tile) >-1;
karis hutcheson
karis hutcheson
7,036 Points
karis hutcheson
karis hutcheson
7,036 Points

I noticed that your constructor doesn't actually initialize the mHand variable? This would throw some of the other methods off as they try to iterate through an empty String. Try:

public  ScrabblePlayer(String hand) {
        mHand = hand;
    }

Hopefully that helps :)