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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Jeff McCullough
Jeff McCullough
5,874 Points
Posted by Jeff McCullough
Jeff McCullough
5,874 Points

Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong on this one. Please help.

The error I'm getting suggests a syntax error but I'm stumped.

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 (boolean isTile = tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1;) {
    return true;
    } else {
      return false;
    }

  }

}

1 Answer

codebyamir
codebyamir
12,108 Points
codebyamir
codebyamir
12,108 Points

Hi Jeff,

Your if statement is throwing a syntax error. The proper way would be below:

 if (tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1) {

However, the challenge is looking for you to return the result of an expression and not use an if statement.

So this code will pass the challenge:

public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
  return ( tiles.indexOf(tile) != -1 ) ;
}