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Java Java Objects (Retired) Creating the MVP Strings and Chars

Ray Cabatingan
Ray Cabatingan
3,549 Points
Posted by Ray Cabatingan
Ray Cabatingan
3,549 Points

Confused.... :( please help

don't get why there is a return false;

ScrabblePlayer.java 
public class ScrabblePlayer {
    private String mHand;

    public ScrabblePlayer() {
        mHand = "";
    }

    public String getHand() {
       return mHand;
    }

    public void addTile(char tile) {
        // Adds the tile to the hand of the player
      mHand += tile;
    }

    public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
       boolean Hand = mHand.indexOf('tile');
       return false;
    }
}

2 Answers

ALBERT QERIMI
ALBERT QERIMI
49,872 Points
ALBERT QERIMI
ALBERT QERIMI
49,872 Points

hmm you need to read questions more carfylly is asking - It should return true if the hand has the tile, and false if it doesn't. you can solve it in many diffirent ways 

1)  if ( indexOf(tile) >= 0) {
        return true;
      } else {
        return false;  
      }
    }
}
2) public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
      boolean currentHand = mHand.indexOf(tile) >= 0;
      if(currentHand){
        return true;
      } else {
        return false;
      }
    }

or the easyiest way craig also did it in video is just

return mHand.indexOf(tile) >= 0;

it will returun true if indexOf tile is > than 0 or false in other case

Thanks