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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

SAMI ULLAH NAIKOO
SAMI ULLAH NAIKOO
765 Points
Posted by SAMI ULLAH NAIKOO
SAMI ULLAH NAIKOO
765 Points

i used the code send by treehouse community but it is still showing the following error

Bummer! While you could definitely solve this using an if statement, try returning the result of the expression.

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) >= 0){
   return true;}
    else
    {return false;}
  }

}

1 Answer

Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points
Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points

There are two problems in your code -

  1. In the addTile method, you need to add the char argument tile to the string object tiles. But you're adding a new word "tile", because you're using quotes around the tile variable - tiles +="tile";.
  2. For the hasTile method, look at the error message -

Bummer! While you could definitely solve this using an if statement, try returning the result of the expression.

Instead of using an if-else block, try using a single line statement with return. Hint - .indexOf() returns a boolean.