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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Bhawani Shankar
Bhawani Shankar
954 Points

Help where i am doing mistake

help

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
    if(tiles.indexOf(tile)!=-1);

    {
      return true;
      } else{
      return false; }
  }

}

3 Answers

Bhawani Shankar
Bhawani Shankar
954 Points

please do full code for me i am now completely lost

Fahad Mutair
Fahad Mutair
10,359 Points

It's asking to check tiles if it has 1 tile or more , so the value of indexOf will be more than or equal to >=0 , and it's returning true if it correct

return tiles.indexOf(tile) >= 0;

and if there's no tile in tiles the value of indexOf will be -1, which is false.

Steven Sullivan
Steven Sullivan
11,616 Points

public boolean hasTile(char tile) { // TODO: Determine if user has the tile passed in return tiles.indexOf(tile) >= 0; }

Steven Sullivan
Steven Sullivan
11,616 Points

return tiles.indexOf(tile) >= 0;

Bhawani Shankar
Bhawani Shankar
954 Points

what does this expression mean