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Java Java Objects (Retired) Creating the MVP Strings and Chars

Posted by Gabriel E
Gabriel E
8,916 Points

Stuck on Scrabble challenge task 2

Hi,

I am working on a java methods challenge for creating a Scrabble game. I am on task 1 of 2. It says I have to fill out the hasTile method to pass a true char if a hand has a tile, and false if it doesn't. The code you see here is what they gave me, and what I completed in the first task of this challenge. Could you please include some code on what I need to do to fix this? Thank you!

ScrabblePlayer.java 
public class ScrabblePlayer {
    private String mHand;

    public ScrabblePlayer() {
        mHand = "";
    }

    public String getHand() {
       return mHand;
    }

    public void addTile(char tile) {
     boolean hasTile = mHand.indexOf(tile) >= 0;
      mHand += tile;
        // Adds the tile to the hand of the player

    }

    public boolean hasTile(char tile) {


       return false;
    }
}

1 Answer

Kristian Terziev
Kristian Terziev
28,449 Points
Kristian Terziev
Kristian Terziev
28,449 Points

The only line you need in the addTile method is this:

mHand += tile;

Remove the other one. Now for task 2, you are required to implement the hasTile method. So you need to do a check with the redundant line from task one:

public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    if(mHand.indexOf(tile) >= 0) {
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}