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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

How to use "if" operator in boolean method and return true/false?

Task was: Correct the existing hasTile method to return true if the tile is in the tiles field, and false if it isn't. practice returning the result of the expression that uses the index of a char in a String.

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) {
    // TODO: Add the tile to tiles
       tiles += tile;  }
  public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    // TODO: Determine if user has the tile passed in  

    return false;    
  }
}

2 Answers

You can return true or false with an expression like this:

    return tiles.indexOf(tile) > -1;

if the index it return is greater than 1 then the tile is in the tiles and it return true, if not it return false.

Thank you!