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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Fathima Fas-ha
Fathima Fas-ha
6,847 Points
Posted by Fathima Fas-ha
Fathima Fas-ha
6,847 Points

Java Objects

I tried in many ways but always same Bummer occurs !! please help me to do this challenge task. Although I used an if statement it still says to use the if statement!!! The task is to modify the hasTile method.

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;
    // TODO: Add the tile to tiles

  }

  public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    // TODO: Determine if user has the tile passed in

  }

}

2 Answers

Yanuar Prakoso
Yanuar Prakoso
15,196 Points
Yanuar Prakoso
Yanuar Prakoso
15,196 Points

Hi there

The fastest solution you can do is to do this. Please note that the task (as far as I remember) just saying if... then.. but it does not specify you must use if statement:

public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    // TODO: Determine if user has the tile passed in
   return (tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1);
  }

Please note that the method hasTile only expect you to return boolean statement!

If you still want to use if statement and have the long way around you can do this:

public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    // TODO: Determine if user has the tile passed in
   if(tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1){
      return true;
      } else{
        return false;
      }
  }

I hope this can help a little.

Fathima Fas-ha
Fathima Fas-ha
6,847 Points
Fathima Fas-ha
Fathima Fas-ha
6,847 Points

Thanks a lot!! I tried both ways but still it says to "Bummer! While you could definitely solve this using an if statement, try returning the result of the expression." did you do try the challenge ? did this worked well on your workspace? thanks once again!!!