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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Counting Scrabble Tiles

Posted by nave lahav
nave lahav
1,549 Points

need help w/ this code

i dont get what am i soppose to compare the char "letter" to, i know its the chars from the String "tiles" but how am i soppose to get them?

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 int getCountOfLetter(char letter) {
    int count = 0;
    for (char letters : tiles.toCharArray()){
      if(letter == )
    }
    return count;
  }

  public void addTile(char tile) {
    tiles += tile;
  }

  public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    return tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1;
  }
}

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi there,

You've got this!

You have correctly converted the tiles to a char array. Try calling the loop variable something different to the value passed into the method - try tile. Then, at each loop, compare, using ==, whether tile is equal to letter, the char passed into the method. If they are equal, increment count.

Make sense?

Steve.

nave lahav
nave lahav
1,549 Points

got it, thank you so much!

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

No problem! :+1: :+1: