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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Prem Yadav
Prem Yadav
7,346 Points
Posted by Prem Yadav
Prem Yadav
7,346 Points

Not able to solve this problem.

i'm not getting how to solve this. i used if statement but error is there.... Help me where i'm doing mistake.

ScrabblePlayer.java 
public class ScrabblePlayer {
  // A String representing all of the tiles that this player has
  private String tiles;

  public ScrabblePlayer() {
    tiles = "";
    this.tiles = 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

    boolean isIn = tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1;
    if(isIn){
          return true;
    }else{
    return false;
    }


  }

}

2 Answers

Ivan Bagaric
Ivan Bagaric
Courses Plus Student 12,356 Points

You can do it like this bro

public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    return tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1;
}
Prem Yadav
Prem Yadav
7,346 Points
Prem Yadav
Prem Yadav
7,346 Points

Thanks man it worked...............

Ivan Bagaric
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Ivan Bagaric
Courses Plus Student 12,356 Points
Ivan Bagaric
Ivan Bagaric
Courses Plus Student 12,356 Points

No problems, if you just can set this as solved would be nice ;)