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From: Gianfranco Bozzetti on 8 Aug 2010 09:51
Bruce Wayner wrote:
> Damjan Rems wrote:
>> longest = ''
>> loop do
>> puts "Type a word ( or goodbye to quit):"
>> $_ = gets.chomp
>> break if $_ == "goodbye"
>> longest = $_ if $_.size > longest.size
>> end
>> p "Longest is #(longest)"
>
>
> Thank U very much! for the fast response
> sorry i forgot to include if longest word has been select how can i get
> the length of that longest word example: Helo Helo (9 characters)
>
> Cheers

Change p "Longest is #(longest)" with
puts "Longest is #(longest) of size #{longest.size}"

HTH gfb
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