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Start your free trialTashfin Shahid
1,298 PointsFor statement syntax issue?
not sure what I am doing wrong been checking the compiler error and I still don't understand. Question below
Okay, so I need to count how many occurrences of a specific letter is in the player's tiles. Let's build that over a couple of steps. I've added some example use cases in Example.java
Create a new method named getCountOfLetter that returns an int, and requires a parameter of type char named letter. For this task, just make it return 0.
public class ScrabblePlayer {
// A String representing all of the tiles that this player has
private String tiles;
private char letter;
public ScrabblePlayer() {
tiles = "";
}
public int getCountOfLetter(char letter){
for (char letter : tiles.toCharArray()) {
return count;
}
public String getTiles() {
return tiles;
}
public void addTile(char tile) {
tiles += tile;
}
public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
return tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1;
}
}
// This code is here for example purposes only
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ScrabblePlayer player1 = new ScrabblePlayer();
player1.addTile('d');
player1.addTile('d');
player1.addTile('p');
player1.addTile('e');
player1.addTile('l');
player1.addTile('u');
ScrabblePlayer player2 = new ScrabblePlayer();
player2.addTile('z');
player2.addTile('z');
player2.addTile('y');
player2.addTile('f');
player2.addTile('u');
player2.addTile('z');
int count = 0;
// This would set count to 1 because player1 has 1 'p' tile in her collection of tiles
count = player1.getCountOfLetter('p');
// This would set count to 2 because player1 has 2 'd'' tiles in her collection of tiles
count = player1.getCountOfLetter('d');
// This would set 0, because there isn't an 'a' tile in player1's tiles
count = player1.getCountOfLetter('a');
// This will return 3 because player2 has 3 'z' tiles in his collection of tiles
count = player2.getCountOfLetter('z');
// This will return 1 because player2 has 1 'f' tiles in his collection of tiles
count = player2.getCountOfLetter('f');
}
}
1 Answer
Lauren Moineau
9,483 PointsYou are just going too fast. For step #1 of this exercise you only need to :
- Create a new method, named getCountOfLetter, that returns an int and with a parameter of type char named letter.
- Make the method return 0.
Nothing more. The method just has a name, a return type, a parameter, and returns 0.
So, for this step, you just need to add:
public int getCountOfLetter(char letter) {
return 0;
}
Hope this helps
Tashfin Shahid
1,298 PointsTashfin Shahid
1,298 PointsJust read your response I think I was personally burnt out at this point and was looking for an easy way out. After taking a break and looking at this question again today without looking at your answer I am really surprised how I didn't get this haha.
Lauren Moineau
9,483 PointsLauren Moineau
9,483 Points:) Never underestimate the power of breaks (I also ignore those very often :) )