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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Rishab Pawar
Rishab Pawar
755 Points
Posted by Rishab Pawar
Rishab Pawar
755 Points

Unreachable statement syntax error while returning result of hasTile. Please help.

Syntax error of unreachable statement showing in the last return statement. What to do ? 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) {
    tiles += tile;
  }

  public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    boolean rightTile = tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1;
    if(rightTile){
    return true;
    }else 
    {
    return false;
    }return rightTile;
  } 

}

1 Answer

Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points
Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points

Hi Rishab, the last return statement in your code will never ever be reached, hence your error.

When the condition to check the value of rightTile is run, it can either be true or false and both of these conditions cause the method to return. The last return statement can never be reached.

  public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    boolean rightTile = tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1;
    if (rightTile) {
      return true;
    } else  {
      return false;
    }
    return rightTile; // the return statement will never be reached
  }

In order to complete this challenge, you have to return the boolean result from tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1, you can't use an if/else statement :)