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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Counting Scrabble Tiles

Matthew Dorber
Matthew Dorber
752 Points
Posted by Matthew Dorber
Matthew Dorber
752 Points

I'm lost :(

Where am I going wrong here? I've tried everything and I think i'm struggling already.

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(char letter) {
    int counter = 0;
    for (char letters : tiles.toCharArray()) {
      if (letter.indexOf(tiles) != -1)
      { counter++;}
    } return counter;
  }
}

1 Answer

Raffael Dettling
Raffael Dettling
32,998 Points
Raffael Dettling
Raffael Dettling
32,998 Points

Use the new letters variable to check if there equals

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 for (char letters : tiles.toCharArray()) {
      if (letters == letter)
      { counter++;}
    } return counter;
  }
Matthew Dorber
Matthew Dorber
752 Points
Matthew Dorber
Matthew Dorber
752 Points

Where do initialise the counter variable?

I tried initializing it within the for loop, that didn't work.

''' public int getCountOfLetter(char letter) { for (char letters : tiles.toCharArray()) { int counter; if (letters == letter) { counter ++; } } return counter;
} '''

Edit - ok, I fixed it. I had to initialize the variable outside of the method.