I must not be understanding the challenge question with the For Each loop.

Question

I've gotten all the bugs out of my code. Now it keeps on saying that I need to add a char to it. But every time I change something, it causes far more problems that I started with. Can anyone help me please. I'm struggling pretty badly here.

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 mHand.indexOf(tile) > -1;
  }

  public int getTileCount(char tile) {
   int count = 0;
    for (char tile : mHand.toCharArray()) {
      int counter = 1;
      if (mHand.indexOf(tile) >= 0) {
       counter = tile;
      }
      count += counter;
    }
    return count;
  }
}

Answer 1 · 2015-08-27T01:10:12Z

August 27, 2015 1:10am

I'm assuming getTileCount() is intended to obtain the number of tiles (letters) the player has in their hand that match the tile parameter provided. A couple of issues I see: (1) You are passing in a char "tile" parameter and using the same "tile" local variable in your for loop. Use a differently named variable in your loop (e.g., handTile) to avoid confusion. (2) the statement "counter = tile" is setting an integer "counter" equal to the value of the letter, which doesn't make sense. Suggest removing "counter" entirely. You're almost there. You want to compare the tile parameter passed in with each tile char in mHand.toCharArray() and increment "count" when they match (are equal). When the loop finishes you should have the number of tiles in the hand matching the tile parameter. ( if(tile == handTile) count++; inside the loop )

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I must not be understanding the challenge question with the For Each loop.

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