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Shjoneman Tan
678 PointsHelp, i dont know how to return the result of the expression
not sure of how to return result of expression
public class ScrabblePlayer {
// A String representing all of the tiles that this player has
private String tiles;
public ScrabblePlayer() {
tiles = "";
}
public String getTiles() {
return tiles;
}
public void addTile(char tile) {
// TODO: Add the tile to tiles
tiles += tile;
}
public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
// TODO: Determine if user has the tile passed in
boolean hasTile =
if(tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1)
{
return hasTile;
}
else {
return false;
}
}
}
2 Answers
andren
28,538 PointsThe expression the challenge refers to is this bit of code: tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1; if will return true or false on it's own so instead of using it in an if statement you can return it directly like this:
public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
return tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1;
}
Steve Hunter
57,684 PointsHi there,
If you're conviced that your expression is correct; just return it!
return tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1;
(I'll check it now - I used >= 0 rather than != -1) Edit: works fine - good work!
Steve.