Python Longest Word Problem Solution check

Question

Question: in given string, find the longest Word and output the same

Sample Input:
Coding is awesome.

Sample Output:
awesome

##MYCODE

txt = input()
txt.strip()
a=txt.replace(',','')
a=a.split(' ')

for i in a:
i.strip()

max=len(a[0])

for i in range(1,len(a)):
if len(a[i])>max:
max=len(a[i])
pos=i

print(a[pos])

MY code passes 3 out of 4 test. But failed one. Can anyone find the error.

Answer 1

txt = input()
a = txt.split()

max=len(a[0])
pos = 0

for i in range(1,len(a)):
if len(a[i])>max:
max=len(a[i])
pos=i

print(a[pos])

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The problem is when the first element is the longest, it will cause an error, so to solve this, you must set "pos" to 0 as default. Because For Example:

INPUT:
learning is fun

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The max variable has the length of the first element but in the for loop, the "pos" will only have a value if other element is longer than it, otherwise "pos" will not have a value because the condition never came True.

And by the way, that can be implemented as this.

print(max(input().split(), key=len))

Just additional info for useful functions. I hope helped you. Happy Coding!

Answer 2

print(max(input().split(), key=len))

Answer 3

i think i gpt it right here
txt = input()
a = txt.split()

max=len(a[0])
pos = 0

for i in range(1,len(a)):
if len(a[i])>max:
max=len(a[i])
pos=i

print(a[pos])

happy coding

Answer 4

It would be better if you please give the description of that project.Sorry for asking because I am using sololearn web.
A possible problem may be there might be '.' in the sentence which your code is not removing

Answer 5

Adnan Chowdhury I have written the whole question here. It's a python course project on sololearn, project no 5.
May be it is not able to remove other special characters as you mentioned.

Answer 6

《 Nicko12 》 Buddy, but we have to find the longest Word not the common word. The question just asks to find the longest word

Answer 7

Oh ok, sorry, my bad I misread. I'll try again.

Answer 8

《 Nicko12 》 thanks Buddy it worked