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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Counting Scrabble Tiles

Stuck in counting scrabbles task 2

I am stuck, but I do not know what I am doing wrong.

Here are the errors I get when I do preview..

./ScrabblePlayer.java:22: error: ';' expected for (char letter = tiles.toCharArray()) { ^ ./ScrabblePlayer.java:22: error: ';' expected for (char letter = tiles.toCharArray()) { ^ ./ScrabblePlayer.java:23: error: ')' expected tilesCount += 1; ^ ./ScrabblePlayer.java:25: error: illegal start of type return tilesCount; ^ ./ScrabblePlayer.java:25: error: ';' expected return tilesCount; ^ ./ScrabblePlayer.java:28: error: class, interface, or enum expected } ^ ./ScrabblePlayer.java:22: error: variable letter is already defined in method getCountOfLetter(char) for (char letter = tiles.toCharArray()) { ^ ./ScrabblePlayer.java:22: error: incompatible types: char[] cannot be converted to char for (char letter = tiles.toCharArray()) { ^ Note: JavaTester.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations. Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details. 8 errors

ScrabblePlayer.java
public class ScrabblePlayer {
  // A String representing all of the tiles that this player has
  private String tiles;
  private int tilesCount;

  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 getCountOfLetter(char letter) {
    for (char letter = tiles.toCharArray()) {
      tilesCount += 1; 
    }
    return tilesCount;
  }

}
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');
  }
}