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Start your free trialDaniels Ilori
538 PointsUnreachable statement
@Steve Hunter "./ScrabblePlayer.java:26: error: unreachable statement return isPresent;" the above is the error message I am getting. What am I doing wrong?
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
boolean isPresent = tiles.indexOf(tile) >= 0;
if (isPresent) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
return isPresent;
}
}
2 Answers
Manish Giri
16,266 PointsIn this code -
if (isPresent) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
You have a return
statement in both the if
and else
blocks. So depending on what the value of isPresent
is - true
or false
, the method will return true
or false
accordingly, and terminate. It won't ever get to the final return statement - return isPresent;
. Which is why you get that error.
Daniels Ilori
538 PointsOk, thanks! But I am still struggling with how to actually write that part properly.