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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Varun Singh
Varun Singh
1,905 Points

Hi i am getting the error " use return statement " but i think i am doing correct. what is the problem with this ? plese

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 isTile = tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1; if(isTile) { tiles += tile; } else { return false; } return isTile; } }

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 isTile = tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1;
    if(isTile)
    {
       tiles += tile;
    }
    else
    {
      return false;
    }
    return isTile;
}
}

1 Answer

Florian Tönjes
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Florian Tönjes
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 50,856 Points

Hi Varun,

the challenge wants you to write the code more consise. Also, why do you add the tile in the hasTile method again? You already do this in the addTile() method. In the hasTile method you only want to check if the player has the tile. Your if statement would be correct, though.

You can shorten the code to this:

public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    return tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1;
  }

Kind Regards, Florian