hasTile Method: return 'True'

Question

I am receiving a compiler error.....and connect view my syntax error in my browser:

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) {
      if mHand.indexOf(tile) >= 0 {
      return true;
      } else {
       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) {
       return false;
    }
}

Answer 1 · 2015-01-04T17:30:29Z

January 4, 2015 5:30pm

Looks like you forgot parens around your expression.

Also...remember that you can return the result of an expression.

Hope it helps!

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hasTile Method: return 'True'

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