Question: Write a program in Java to find the largest and smallest word in a string.
Test Data :
Input the string : It is a string with smallest and largest word.
Expected Output :
The largest word is 'smallest'
and the smallest word is 'a'
in the string : 'It is a string with smallest and largest word.'.
Solution:
package lab4problem7;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Lab4Problem7 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Input the string : ");
String string = input.nextLine();
int stringLength = string.length();
int count = 0, b = 0, c = 0, i, b2 = 5000, c2 = 0;
for (i = 0; i < stringLength; i++) {
count++;
if (string.charAt(i) == ' ' || string.charAt(i) == '.') {
if (count > b) {
b = count;
c = i;
}
if (count < b2) {
b2 = count;
c2 = i;
}
count = 0;
}
}
System.out.print("The largest word is '");
for (int j = c-b+1; j < c; j++) {
System.out.print(string.charAt(j));
}
System.out.print("'"+ "\n");
System.out.print("and the smallest word is '");
for (int j = c2-b2+1; j < c2; j++) {
System.out.print(string.charAt(j));
}
System.out.print("'");
}
}
