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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Posted by Sachini Hansini Nawalaella
Sachini Hansini Nawalaella
2,842 Points

srabble task 2

i can not get answer right? i want to know where did i get wrong

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) {
    // TODO: Add the tile to tiles
     tiles += "t";
  }

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

}

2 Answers

Sachini Hansini Nawalaella
Sachini Hansini Nawalaella
2,842 Points
Sachini Hansini Nawalaella
Sachini Hansini Nawalaella
2,842 Points

That line also give me a error message but i was able to find my error. Thank you Richard Lambert

Richard Lambert
PLUS
Richard Lambert
Courses Plus Student 7,180 Points
Richard Lambert
Richard Lambert
Courses Plus Student 7,180 Points

Hello mate,

I like your thinking and can see what logic you're trying to implement within the .hasTile(char tile) method. With just a few alterations you would have a correct implementation:

public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    int hasTile = tiles.indexOf(tile);    // .indexOf(char c) returns a value of type int not boolean
    if (hasTile == -1) {    // == for test of equality not = for assignment
      return false;
    } else {
      return true;
    }
}

BUT, this is not the implementation the Treehouse Java test engine is expecting to see.

Hope this helps

Sachini Hansini Nawalaella
Sachini Hansini Nawalaella
2,842 Points

i still can not get the answer

Richard Lambert
Richard Lambert
Courses Plus Student 7,180 Points
Richard Lambert
Richard Lambert
Courses Plus Student 7,180 Points

Try this Sachini Hansini Nawalaella:

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