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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Posted by Abhishek Lomsh
Abhishek Lomsh
45 Points

I have no idea

please help

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) {
    this.tiles+=tile;

  }

  public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    // TODO: Determine if user has the tile passed in

    return false;
  }

}

1 Answer

Christophe Carvalho
Christophe Carvalho
1,927 Points
Christophe Carvalho
Christophe Carvalho
1,927 Points

Hi,

Maybe you could use the indexOf method of a string :

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