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i continue getting the incorrect answer here and my count is always 8. i am so confused when we change to an in value and accept a parameter to me it is far off from the video. can someone show me what to do it would be greatly appreciated

ScrabblePlayer.java

public class ScrabblePlayer {
  private String mHand;

  public ScrabblePlayer() {
    mHand = "";
  }

  public String getHand() {
   return mHand;
  }

  public void addTile(char tile) {
    // Adds the tile to the hand of the player
    mHand += tile;
  }

  public boolean hasTile(char tile) {
   return mHand.indexOf(tile) > -1;
  }
}

Answer 1 · 2016-01-14T11:36:19Z

January 14, 2016 11:36am

Hi Jordan,

allow me to comment the code of this challenge:

We create a method that proofs and counts how many tiles are inside mHand. Not only if there is a tile inside mHand.

public int getTileCount(char tile) {
// so you need to add a getTileCount method, it is public and returns an integer
// the returned integer will represent the number of tiles inside mHand
// to proof a specific char inside mHand you need to give that chat as parameter to the method
// so the new method accepts a char "tile" and proofs whether tile is inside mHand 
// and if true, the counter will increased by one

    int count = 0;
// to increase a counter, we first create one

    for (char letter : mHand.toCharArray()) {
 // to compare chars inside a String mHand you need to "convert" String mHand in an array of chars using toCharArray()
 // inside the for loop you want to compare every char from the mHand-array with your argument "tile"

if (letter == tile) {
// if a char from mHandArray equals to the argument char 
// increment the count
        count += 1;
      }
    }
    return count;
// return the number of tiles inside mHand
  }

Does it make sense?

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