public BoggleGUI()  {
    super( "xxxxxx");
                
    // create a BogglePlayer computer player to use
    computerPlayer = new BogglePlayer();           XXXXX
...
public BoggleGUI()  {
    super( "xxxxxxxxxxxxx");
                
    // create a BogglePlayer computer player to use
    computerPlayer = new BogglePlayer();           XXXXX
...
public void newGame(String[] letterList)  {
    // Tell theBoard about the board layout
    theBoard.setBoard(letterList);
    // Tell computerPlayer about the board layout
    computerPlayer.setBoard(letterList);           XXXXX
    // Prepare score areas
    humanArea.setReady();
    computerArea.setReady();
    // Clear board highlighting
    theBoard.unHighlightAllDice();
    // Allow edits to text area and set focus
    wordEntryField.setReady();
    // redraw the whole thing so it looks as nice as can be
    repaint();
  }

^^^ Given & uneditable

my code:

public class BogglePlayer {
	private String[][] board;
	
	public BogglePlayer(){
	/*
               Not sure how to write the constructor to take
               in the varible letterList that is being passed in:
                      // Tell computerPlayer about the board layout
                      //computerPlayer.setBoard(letterList);           XXXXX
		*/
	}


	public void setBoard(String[] letterArray){
		int ArrayLength = letterArray.length;
		double sideLengthdbl = Math.sqrt(ArrayLength);
		int sideLengthint = (int)sideLengthdbl;
//                 String[][] board = new String[sideLengthint][sideLengthint];    COMPARE THIS
		board = new String[sideLengthint][sideLengthint];    // WITH THIS!
		int z = 0;
		for (int x = 0; x < sideLengthint; x++){
			for (int y = 0; y < sideLengthint; y++){
				board[x][y] = letterArray[z];
				z++;
				System.out.println("board["+x+"]["+y+"] " + board[x][y]);
			}
		}			
	}
//seems to successfully take letterArray and put it into a two dimensional array
//but I cannot alter ' public void setBoard(String[] letterArray){' . What are my
//Options here?