syntax error

Question

I am really struggling to understand this at all..

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;
  }
 public int getTileCount(char tile) {
    int count = 0;
    for(char tile : mHand.toCharArray()) {
      if (mHand.indexOf(tile)) {
        count++;
      }
    }

  }

Answer 1 · 2015-05-11T21:09:15Z

May 11, 2015 9:09pm

Benjamin;

I looking at your code and running it through the challenge checker, I get three distinct syntax errors

errors.java

./ScrabblePlayer.java:28: error: reached end of file while parsing
  }
   ^

./ScrabblePlayer.java:22: error: variable tile is already defined in method getTileCount(char)
    for(char tile : mHand.toCharArray()) {
             ^

./ScrabblePlayer.java:23: error: incompatible types: int cannot be converted to boolean
      if (mHand.indexOf(tile)) {
                       ^
3 errors

The first error indicates that you have too many, or as is the case in your code, too few closing curly brackets. Add another one to the end of your code and that error will be fixed.
The second error is letting you know that you don't have to define tile as a Char type again. Try using a different variable name in your for loop other than tile. Something like tileInHand seems to be appropriate.
The third error is telling you that Java is having a problem with comparing the types. In this example, comparing an integer (int) to a Boolean value is problematic. Think about trying to resolve "3 is true."

Post back if that doesn't make sense. You are almost there with the challenge. A slight change in your if statement, along with fixing the items above, and I think you'll have it. HINT: Solving the if statement will resolve the third syntax error.

Happy coding,

Ken

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