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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Charlie Flowers
Charlie Flowers
612 Points
Posted by Charlie Flowers
Charlie Flowers
612 Points

Why does this java Scrabble code not work??

Why does this code not work?? I can not figure it out it's saying it cannot find addTile but addTile is in the java code what should I do?

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
    addTile += 1;

  }

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

}

2 Answers

Gabe Olesen
Gabe Olesen
1,606 Points
Gabe Olesen
Gabe Olesen
1,606 Points

Hey Charlie,

This line: 

  public void addTile(char tile) {
    // TODO: Add the tile to tiles
    addTile += 1;
  }

Needs to be: 

  public void addTile(char tile) {
    // TODO: Add the tile to tiles
    tiles += tile; 
  }

We need to add whatever char(single character) the user passed in (stored in variable tile) and add it onto tiles.

If the user was trying to make the word "Java" it would look something like this:

  1. User enters in (char) 'J' (it's then stored in variable tile)
  2. We created the tiles String to store nothing hence tiles = "";
  3. As soon as the user enters J it's added onto tiles so it will now show tiles = "J" etc etc

Remember += means tiles = tile + tiles

~Gabe