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

Stephen Tauro
Stephen Tauro
4,111 Points
Posted by Stephen Tauro
Stephen Tauro
4,111 Points

Help needed in code!

Can you also please help me write out the hasTile method? It should return true if the hand has the tile, and false if it doesn't. Thanks!

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 false;
    }
}

2 Answers

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

The String class has a method called indexOf() that takes a character and returns the index of that character in the string or -1 if the string does not contain that character. Call that method on mHand and pass in title as the character. Then use an if-else statement to determine whether to return true or false.