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Java Java Objects (Retired) Creating the MVP For Each Loop

Temitope Isaac Akintunde
Temitope Isaac Akintunde
556 Points
Posted by Temitope Isaac Akintunde
Temitope Isaac Akintunde
556 Points

please help, interpreting questions is still a deal for me; how can i overcome this. Please i need help on this

So back to that ScrabblePlayer. I found that it's not enough to know if they just have a tile of a specific character. We need to know how many they actually have. Can you please add a method called getTileCount that uses the for each loop you just learned to loop through the characters and increment a counter if it matches? Return the count, please, thanks!

ScrabblePlayer.java 
public class ScrabblePlayer {
  private String mHand;

  public ScrabblePlayer() {
    mHand = "";
  }

  public String getHand() {
   return mHand;
  }

  public void addTile(char tile) {
    // Adds the tile to the hand of the player
    mHand += tile;
  }

  public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
   return mHand.indexOf(tile) > -1;
  }
}

1 Answer

Matthew Francis
Matthew Francis
6,967 Points
Matthew Francis
Matthew Francis
6,967 Points 
public int getTileCount(char tile) {
    int count = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < mHand.length(); i++) {
        if (mHand.charAt(i) == tile) 
            count++;
    }   
    return count;
}