Longest Word

ardallie · ardallie · commit 719c204eda67 · 2021-08-13T22:44:56.000+01:00
diff --git a/src/easy/LongestWord.java b/src/easy/LongestWord.java
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+package easy;
+
+/**
+ * Have the function LongestWord(sen) take the sen
+ * parameter being passed and return the largest word in the string.
+ * If there are two or more words that are the same length,
+ * return the first word from the string with that length.
+ * Ignore punctuation and assume sen will not be empty.
+ */
+public class LongestWord {
+
+  /**
+   * Longest Word function.
+   *
+   * @param sen input string
+   * @return the longest word in a sentence
+   */
+  private static String longestWord(String sen) {
+    String longest = "";
+    String cleanWords = sen.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]", "");
+    String[] splitWords = cleanWords.split(" ");
+    for (String splitWord : splitWords) {
+      if (splitWord.length() > longest.length()) {
+        longest = splitWord;
+      }
+    }
+    return longest;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Entry point.
+   *
+   * @param args command line arguments
+   */
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    var r1 = longestWord("Dwell on the beauty of life. "
+        + "Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.");
+    System.out.println(r1);
+    var r2 = longestWord("The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.");
+    System.out.println(r2);
+  }
+
+}
