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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

giuseppe prinno
giuseppe prinno
5,060 Points
Posted by giuseppe prinno
giuseppe prinno
5,060 Points

Can't figure this out!!

Please help, I've tried but it just seems that nothing works, I didn't quite get how to use this (IndexOf)

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
    boolean isHit = tile.indexOf(tiles) != -1;
      if (isHit){
        tiles += tile;
      }return isHit;

  }

}

1 Answer

Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,885 Points
Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,885 Points

this way, the tiles string is checked, against the character in tile, given the character in tile is available in the string tiles, it would send the index position of the string tiles, for the character tile, provided the character isn't there in the string, it would return a -1

return tiles.indexOf(tile) >= 0;