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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Daniels Ilori
Daniels Ilori
538 Points
Posted by Daniels Ilori
Daniels Ilori
538 Points

Unreachable statement

@Steve Hunter "./ScrabblePlayer.java:26: error: unreachable statement return isPresent;" the above is the error message I am getting. What am I doing 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 += tile;
  }

  public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    // TODO: Determine if user has the tile passed in
    boolean isPresent = tiles.indexOf(tile) >= 0;
    if (isPresent) { 
    return true;
    } else {
      return false;
    }
    return isPresent;
  }
}

2 Answers

Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points
Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points

In this code -

 if (isPresent) { 
    return true;
    } else {
      return false;
    }

You have a return statement in both the if and else blocks. So depending on what the value of isPresent is - true or false, the method will return true or false accordingly, and terminate. It won't ever get to the final return statement - return isPresent;. Which is why you get that error.

Daniels Ilori
Daniels Ilori
538 Points
Daniels Ilori
Daniels Ilori
538 Points

Ok, thanks! But I am still struggling with how to actually write that part properly.