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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Pratham Patel
Pratham Patel
4,976 Points
Posted by Pratham Patel
Pratham Patel
4,976 Points

I need help with this code challenge

Could I get an answer

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

  }

}

2 Answers

Nicholas Bentzen
Nicholas Bentzen
15,074 Points
Nicholas Bentzen
Nicholas Bentzen
15,074 Points

Step 1 looks good. This is the code for step2:

public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    // TODO: Determine if user has the tile passed in
   return tiles.indexOf(tile) > 0;
  }
Nicholas Bentzen
Nicholas Bentzen
15,074 Points
Nicholas Bentzen
Nicholas Bentzen
15,074 Points

the indexOf method returns the index of where the character is located. If the character is not in the String, it returns a -1.