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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Counting Scrabble Tiles

ScrabblePlayer

I have a compiler error from a file called JavaTester which doesn't make any sense because I don't have a file called that?

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) {
    tiles += tile;
  }

  public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    return tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1;
  }
  public int getTileCount(char tile) {
    int tileCount = 0;
    for (char letter : tiles.toCharArray()) {
      if (letter == tile) {
        tileCount += 1;
      }
    }
    return tileCount;

    }

}
Example.java
// This code is here for example purposes only
public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ScrabblePlayer player1 = new ScrabblePlayer();
    player1.addTile('d');
    player1.addTile('d');
    player1.addTile('p');
    player1.addTile('e');
    player1.addTile('l');
    player1.addTile('u');

    ScrabblePlayer player2 = new ScrabblePlayer();
    player2.addTile('z');
    player2.addTile('z');
    player2.addTile('y');
    player2.addTile('f');
    player2.addTile('u');
    player2.addTile('z');

    int count = 0;
    // This would set count to 1 because player1 has 1 'p' tile in her collection of tiles
    count = player1.getCountOfLetter('p');
    // This would set count to 2 because player1 has 2 'd'' tiles in her collection of tiles
    count = player1.getCountOfLetter('d');
    // This would set 0, because there isn't an 'a' tile in player1's tiles
    count = player1.getCountOfLetter('a');

    // This will return 3 because player2 has 3 'z' tiles in his collection of tiles
    count = player2.getCountOfLetter('z');
    // This will return 1 because player2 has 1 'f' tiles in his collection of tiles
    count = player2.getCountOfLetter('f');
  }
}

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Timothy,

That error will be coming from the code checker, so no, you wouldn't have that file.

Are you on Task one of the challenge? Because if you are, the instructions say:

Create a new method named getCountOfLetter that returns an int, and requires a parameter of type char named letter. For this task, just make it return 0.

And I don't see any of that in your code. I don't see a method named getCountOfLetters, a parameter named letter and a no return of just a zero. ?

Challenges are very specific in its instructions. If it is not followed explicitly, the task will fail. So, it looks like the code you have added is not following the instructions, and has in fact, gone way beyond what is being asked.

Give it another go keep this in mind.

Keep Coding! :dizzy: