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Start your free trialSpencer Sproul
4,167 PointsI am getting no compiler errors, but my code doesn't pass?
It says that I didn't creat the getTileCount method that accepts a char.
public class ScrabblePlayer {
private String mHand;
public int getTileCount() {
int Count = 0;
for (char tile: mHand.toCharArray()) {
Count = Count + 1;
}
return Count;
}
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 mHand.indexOf(tile) > -1;
}
}
2 Answers
Michael Hess
24,512 PointsHi Spencer,
It looks like you're really close! But, try adding a char tile argument to getTileCount() and an if-statement, inside the for-each loop, to check if the letter matches the tile, then add 1 to the count.
public int getTileCount(char tile) {
int count = 0;
for (char letter: mHand.toCharArray()) {
if (letter == tile) {
count += 1; }
}
return count;
}
If you have any other questions feel free to ask! Hope this helps!
Michael Norman
Courses Plus Student 9,399 PointsThe goal of this challenge is that getTileCount will be passed a character. You want to check how many occurrences of that character are in you hand.
// the character you are checking for is passed in
public int getTileCount(char tileToCheck) {
int Count = 0;
for (char tile: mHand.toCharArray()) {
// TODO: if tile is equal to the tileToCheck parameter, increase count
Count = Count + 1;
}
return Count;
}