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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Sama Salim
Sama Salim
574 Points
Posted by Sama Salim
Sama Salim
574 Points

How do I get the answer

Correct the existing hasTile method to return true if the tile is in the tiles field, and false if it isn't. You can solve this a few ways, however, I'd like you to practice returning the result of the expression that uses the index of a char in a String.

I am adding this to the method:

boolean isTile=tiles.indexOf(tile)!=-1; return true;

Can someone help me understand why it's not working?

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) {
   boolean isTile=tiles.indexOf(tile)!=-1;
   return true; 
  }

}

1 Answer

<noob />
<noob />
17,062 Points

Your expression is true but ur being asked to return the result of the evaluation of the expression which means u need to write: return (write expression here); if it evaluates to true than the tile is exists in the tiles if it’s false then it’s not.

Sama Salim
Sama Salim
574 Points
Sama Salim
Sama Salim
574 Points

Makes sense, many thanks!