Longest word problem. What is the error of this code? I can't find it.

Question

txt = input()

a=txt.split(' ')
for i in range(0,len(a)):
if i==len(a)-2 :
if len(a[i])>len(a[i+1]):
m=a[i]
else:
m=a[i+1]
else:
if len(a[i-2])>len(a[i]):
m=a[i-2]
else:
m=a[i]
print (m)
#your code goes here

Answer 1

You are making it too complicated!

simple logic is, create a varibale which will keep the track of longest word.
and create another varibale which will keep track of count of each word..ex. count =text[0]

iterate over input by splitting it
and then check count for each word if count is greater than previous count then replace count with current count..
and also replace the longest word variable with current iteration word if count > count..

Hope u got the logic!

Answer 2

Hirushi Umm, you're over-complicating it. Here are two ways to do it:

# With Python's features
print(max(input().split(), key = len))

# Bare-coding
inp = input() + " "
max = ""
present = ""
for x in inp:
if x == " ":
if len(present) > len(max):
max = present
present = ""
else:
present += x
print(max)

# I hope that this answer helps you with your query. I'm open to any corrections. Happy coding !

Answer 3

txt = input()
a= txt.split(" ")
i=1
if len(a[0])>= len(a[1]):
var1= a[0]
else:
var1 = a[1]
while i < (len(a)-1):
if len(var1) >= len(a[i]):
pass
else:
var1 = a[i]

i+=1

print(var1)

Thank you very much.
i have done it with ur help.