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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Scrabble Tiles

Hasham Rasheed
Hasham Rasheed
571 Points
Posted by Hasham Rasheed
Hasham Rasheed
571 Points

what does he mean by returning the result of an expression?

I tried doing it using if statements but he says to do it by returning results of an expression. I would love some help.

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

}

1 Answer

Trent Christofferson
Trent Christofferson
18,846 Points
Trent Christofferson
Trent Christofferson
18,846 Points

in hasTitle method you dont need if statement you can shorten your method by doing:

return titles.indexOf(title) != -1;