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+package model;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+public class Player 
+{
+	private String _name;				// player's name
+	private int _playerCash;			// current amount of cash the player has
+	private Item[] _playerInventory;	// the player's current inventory
+	private int _x, _y;
+
+	public Player(String playerName, int startingCash, ArrayList<String> startingInventory)
+	{
+		_name = playerName;
+		_playerCash = startingCash;
+		generatePlayerInventory(startingInventory);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Read's the player's item list provided by RPGame and store's instances of each item into the player's inventory
+	 * 
+	 * @param itemList	an ArrayList of strings of items to be supplied to the player
+	 */
+	private void generatePlayerInventory(ArrayList<String> itemList)
+	{
+		_playerInventory = new Item[itemList.size()];	// inventory size will be the size of the list of items
+		String[] nameAndPrice;							// a two string array of both the item name and price
+		String name;
+		String price;
+
+		for(int i=0; i < itemList.size(); i++)
+		{
+			nameAndPrice = itemList.get(i).split("\\s+"); 						//splits the string into the string name and string price
+			name = nameAndPrice[0];
+			price = nameAndPrice[1];
+			_playerInventory[i] = new Item(name, Integer.parseInt(price), 0);	// stores a new instance of the item in the player's inventory (quantity begins at 0)
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Allows player to buy an item from a target merchant
+	 * 
+	 * @param itemName			string containing the name of the item to be purchased
+	 * @param targetMerchant	the merchant who the player is purchasing from
+	 * @param amount			the amount of the item that the player is buying
+	 * @return returns true if transaction successful, false otherwise
+	 */
+	public boolean buy(String itemName, Merchant targetMerchant, int amount)
+	{
+		int totalPrice = targetMerchant.getItemPrice(itemName)* amount; //calculates the total price of the items
+
+		if(totalPrice > getPlayerCash())
+		{
+			System.out.println("You do not have sufficent cash");		//will output error message if total price is over the player's cash amount
+			return false;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			deductCash(totalPrice);
+			Item targetItem = getItem(itemName);
+			targetItem.increaseQuantity(amount);
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Allows player to sell an item to a target merchant
+	 * 
+	 * @param itemName			string containing the name of the item to be sold
+	 * @param targetMerchant	the merchant who the player is selling to
+	 * @param amount			the amount of the item that the player is selling
+	 * @return returns true if transaction successful, false otherwise
+	 */
+	public boolean sell(String itemName, Merchant targetMerchant, int amount)
+	{
+		int totalPrice = targetMerchant.getItemPrice(itemName)* amount; //calculates the total price of the items
+		Item targetItem = getItem(itemName);
+
+		if(targetMerchant.getCurrentCash() >= totalPrice)
+		{
+			if(targetItem.decreaseQuantity(amount))
+			{
+				increaseCash(totalPrice);
+				targetMerchant.subtractCash(amount);
+				return true;
+			}
+			else
+				return false;
+		}
+		else
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Searches through the player's inventory for the item corresponding to the specified item name
+	 * 
+	 * @param	itemName	string containing the name of the item
+	 * @return	the item matching the specified item name
+	 */
+	public Item getItem(String itemName)
+	{
+		for(int i = 0; i < _playerInventory.length; i++)
+		{
+			if(_playerInventory[i].getItemName().equals(itemName))
+				return _playerInventory[i];
+		}
+
+		System.out.println("No such item exists");	// item was not found by searching the inventory
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Decreases the player's cash by the specified amount
+	 * 
+	 * @param deductAmount	amount to decrease cash by
+	 */
+	public void deductCash(int deductAmount)
+	{
+		if(deductAmount > _playerCash)
+		{
+			System.out.println("ERROR: Player does not have sufficient cash");
+		}
+		else
+			_playerCash -= deductAmount;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Increase's the player's cash by the specified amount
+	 * 
+	 * @param increaseAmount	amount to increase cash by
+	 */
+	public void increaseCash(int increaseAmount)
+	{
+		_playerCash += increaseAmount;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a string containing the player's name
+	 * 
+	 * @return	player's name
+	 */
+	public String getName()
+	{
+		return _name;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the current amount of cash the player has
+	 * 
+	 * @return	player's cash amount
+	 */
+	public int getPlayerCash()
+	{
+		return _playerCash;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the player's current inventory
+	 * 
+	 * @return	player's inventory array
+	 */
+	public Item[] getInventory()
+	{
+		return _playerInventory;
+	}
+
+	public int getX() {
+			return _x;
+		}
+
+		public void setX(int x) {
+			_x = x;
+		}
+
+		public int getY() {
+			return _y;
+		}
+
+		public void setY(int y) {
+			_y = y;
+		}
+}
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