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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Posted by Arran C
Arran C
880 Points

I need help.

I have no idea how to start doing the question, could anyone give me a helpful tip? Question: "For this first task, modify the addTile method so that it appends the tile that was passed in, to the player's tiles. Practice using the += shortcut method for string concatenation." Thanks in advance.

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

  }

  public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    // TODO: Determine if user has the tile passed in
    return false;
  }

}

1 Answer

Andris Vinkalns
Andris Vinkalns
9,537 Points

Hi Arran. In this case you been asked to edit the method which would add the given parameter tile to your defined class parameter tiles. My answer in this task would look something like this

 public void addTile(char tile) {
   tiles+=tile;
  }
Arran C
Arran C
880 Points

Oh okay brilliant, thanks! Also I see we do not live far :) [if you live in Edinburgh of course].

Andris Vinkalns
Andris Vinkalns
9,537 Points

I live in Borders now, still commute to Edinburgh twice a week at least:)