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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Counting Scrabble Tiles

Trung Bui Duc
Trung Bui Duc
1,580 Points

Solution for this exercise

Hello,

I can't make through this exercise. Can someone explain to me how to create a loop that would count those letters?

Best regards, Trung

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) {
    tiles += tile;
  }

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

  public int getCountOfLetter(char letter) {
     int hit = 0;
    for(letter : tiles.toCharArray) {
      if(tiles.indexOf(letter) != -1) {
        ++hit;
      }
    }
     return hit;
  } 
}
Example.java
// This code is here for example purposes only
public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ScrabblePlayer player1 = new ScrabblePlayer();
    player1.addTile('d');
    player1.addTile('d');
    player1.addTile('p');
    player1.addTile('e');
    player1.addTile('l');
    player1.addTile('u');

    ScrabblePlayer player2 = new ScrabblePlayer();
    player2.addTile('z');
    player2.addTile('z');
    player2.addTile('y');
    player2.addTile('f');
    player2.addTile('u');
    player2.addTile('z');

    int count = 0;
    // This would set count to 1 because player1 has 1 'p' tile in her collection of tiles
    count = player1.getCountOfLetter('p');
    // This would set count to 2 because player1 has 2 'd'' tiles in her collection of tiles
    count = player1.getCountOfLetter('d');
    // This would set 0, because there isn't an 'a' tile in player1's tiles
    count = player1.getCountOfLetter('a');

    // This will return 3 because player2 has 3 'z' tiles in his collection of tiles
    count = player2.getCountOfLetter('z');
    // This will return 1 because player2 has 1 'f' tiles in his collection of tiles
    count = player2.getCountOfLetter('f');
  }
}

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

If I might suggest two things. First create a new char variable for the for loop instead of replacing the contents of letter. If you replace the contents of letter, the method has no way to remember what letter it's supposed to look for. Then you can see if the new variable for each tile is equal to the letter you're looking for.

Trung Bui Duc
Trung Bui Duc
1,580 Points

Hi,

Thank you for answer, I did what you suggest. But my counter does not increment when the correct letter is found in tiles. Could you please take a look at this method?

public int getCountOfLetter(char letter) { int count = 0; for(char a : tiles.toCharArray()) { if(tiles.indexOf(a) == letter) { count++; } } return count; }

Dyllan Higgins
Dyllan Higgins
1,030 Points

For any new beginner such as myself, you'll find the below solution to work.

public int getCountOfLetter(char letter){ int letterCount = 0; //loop through each letter in tiles and add count if char letter matches a letter in tiles. for(char alpha : tiles.toCharArray()){ if(alpha == letter){ ++letterCount; } } return letterCount; }//End method