Input a sentence and print the longest word in Java
String - Question 8
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Q8) Write a program in Java to input a sentence and print the longest word.
Program
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Q8
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
String s,w="",lw="";
int i;
Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter a sentence");
s=sc.nextLine();
for(i=0; i<s.length(); i++)
{
if(s.charAt(i)!=' ')
{
//concatenates the character until we find a space
w=w+s.charAt(i);
}
else
{
// check if word length is greater than longest word (lw)
if(w.length()>lw.length())
{
lw=w;
}
w="";
}
}
System.out.println("Longest word = "+lw);
}
}Output
Enter a sentence I am learning to code in Java Longest word = learning
