Python: Takes a list of words and returns the length of the longest one
Find longest word in a list.
Write a Python function that takes a list of words and return the longest word and the length of the longest one.
Sample Solution:
Python Code:
# Define a function named find_longest_word that takes a list of words as the argument, 'words_list'.
def find_longest_word(words_list):
# Create an empty list 'word_len' to store pairs of word lengths and the corresponding words.
word_len = []
# Iterate through each word 'n' in the 'words_list'.
for n in words_list:
# Append a tuple containing the length of the word and the word itself to 'word_len'.
word_len.append((len(n), n))
# Sort the list 'word_len' based on the word lengths (ascending order).
word_len.sort()
# Return the length and the word of the last item in the sorted list (which is the longest word).
return word_len[-1][0], word_len[-1][1]
# Call the find_longest_word function with a list of words and store the result in 'result'.
result = find_longest_word(["PHP", "Exercises", "Backend"])
# Print the longest word and its length.
print("\nLongest word: ", result[1])
print("Length of the longest word: ", result[0])
Sample Output:
Longest word: Exercises Length of the longest word: 9
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