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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Posted by purpleminutes
purpleminutes
8,520 Points

I am completely lost on this. I get a compile error "missing return statement"

Java Objects Challenge Task 2 of 2. I have no clue what to do here.

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) {

    tiles += "tile";
    // TODO: Add the tile to tiles

  }

  public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
    // TODO: Determine if user has the tile passed in

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

}

1 Answer

Livia Galeazzi
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Livia Galeazzi
Java Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,083 Points

Your 'return isTile;' statement is inside the 'else' block. That means there is only a return value if the 'if' condition isn't verified. The compiler doesn't like that. You need to have a return statement in all cases.

Just put the return statement one curly brace lower, so it's outside of the else block. Alternately, it's also possible to just add a second return statement inside the if block, but in this case that would be unnecessary.

purpleminutes
purpleminutes
8,520 Points

Thank you.

Livia Galeazzi
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Livia Galeazzi
Java Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,083 Points

You're welcome!

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