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Bhawani Shankar
954 PointsHelp where i am doing mistake
help
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(tiles.indexOf(tile)!=-1);
{
return true;
} else{
return false; }
}
}
3 Answers
Bhawani Shankar
954 Pointsplease do full code for me i am now completely lost
Steven Sullivan
11,616 Pointspublic boolean hasTile(char tile) { // TODO: Determine if user has the tile passed in return tiles.indexOf(tile) >= 0; }
Steven Sullivan
11,616 Pointsreturn tiles.indexOf(tile) >= 0;
Bhawani Shankar
954 Pointswhat does this expression mean
Fahad Mutair
10,359 PointsFahad Mutair
10,359 PointsIt's asking to check tiles if it has 1 tile or more , so the value of indexOf will be more than or equal to >=0 , and it's returning true if it correct
return tiles.indexOf(tile) >= 0;and if there's no tile in tiles the value of indexOf will be -1, which is false.