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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Counting Scrabble Tiles

Petter Jonasson
Petter Jonasson
808 Points
Posted by Petter Jonasson
Petter Jonasson
808 Points

Hi, I am super greatful for every response i get, and my sorry ass needs some more help.

Okay, so I need to count how many occurrences of a a specific letter is in the player's tiles. Let's build that over a couple of steps. I've added some example use cases in Example.java

Create a new method named getCountOfLetter that returns an int, and requires a parameter of type char named letter. For this task, just make it return 0.

I am super bad at coding but i think it is fun so i would love some help.

ScrabblePlayer.java 
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) {
    tiles += tile;
  }

  public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    return tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1;
  }
  public int getCountOfLetter() {
    int letter = 0;
    for (char letter : letter.toCharArray()) {
    System.out.println("0");
    }
  }
}

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi there,

The first task says: Create a new method named getCountOfLetter that returns an int, and requires a parameter of type char named letter. For this task, just make it return 0.

So, your code needs a little adjustment. First, you want the method to receive a parameter of type char which is called letter. Inside the method, you just want to return a zero at this stage:

public int getCountOfLetter(char letter){
  return 0;
}

The next task uses the toCharArray with a for loop to see if letter is contained in tiles and to count how many times it occurs.

Let me know how you get on.

Steve.