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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Posted by mamadou diene
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mamadou diene
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 1,971 Points

Okay great, now can you fix the hasTile method for me, right now it always returns false. Correct the existing hasTile

there is something missing in my code i can't figure out.

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

    // TODO: Determine if user has the tile passed in

  }

}

1 Answer

Trent Christofferson
Trent Christofferson
18,846 Points

All you need to do is

return tiles.indexOf(tile) >= 0;

if the index of tile is less than 0 it is not in the string. When you use the >, <, etc. signs it will return a boolean;