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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Posted by prasanna Paudyal
prasanna Paudyal
1,977 Points

What's wrong in this code?

How to return false if it didn't have tile?

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) {
    boolean tileInField = tiles.indexOf(tile)!= -1; 
    return true;
  }

}

2 Answers

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

maybe

return tiles.indexOf(tile) > -1;

Update: You aren't using the value you retrieve. You want:

  public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    boolean tileInField = tiles.indexOf(tile)!= -1; 
    return tileInField;
  }
prasanna Paudyal
prasanna Paudyal
1,977 Points
prasanna Paudyal
prasanna Paudyal
1,977 Points

Thank you. Your simple explanation opened my brain.