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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Posted by rosa alvarenga
rosa alvarenga
715 Points

I added a new tile using addTile('y'), but hasTile('y') returned false.?

Why?

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

       return tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1;

  }

}

2 Answers

Mathew Tran
Mathew Tran
Courses Plus Student 10,205 Points

In your function you are not using the tile parameter, instead, you are adding the hardcoded string "tile" to the tiles string

 public void addTile(char tile) {
    // TODO: Add the tile to tiles
    tiles += "tile"; # should use tile, not "tile"

  }
rosa alvarenga
rosa alvarenga
715 Points
rosa alvarenga
rosa alvarenga
715 Points

Thanks!