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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Jakub Kraut
Jakub Kraut
1,302 Points
Posted by Jakub Kraut
Jakub Kraut
1,302 Points

Can someone please help me with this code challenge ? I have no idea what I have done wrong. :(

Basically , I am having a hard time solving this problem .

The error that keeps popping up is :

./ScrabblePlayer.java:20: error: cannot find symbol boolean hasTile = tiles.indexof(tile) != -1;

ScrabblePlayer.java 
public class ScrabblePlayer {
  // A String representing all of the tiles that this player has
  private String tiles;
  private char tile ;
  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 TileIn = tiles.indexof( tile) != -1;
    if(TileIn)
    {
      return true;
    }
   else {
    return false;
  }}

}

1 Answer

Craig Bell
Craig Bell
2,038 Points
Craig Bell
Craig Bell
2,038 Points

Try a capital, 'indexOf'