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Java program to find the largest and smallest word in sentence


Write a Java Program to find the Largest and Smallest word in String.

import java.util.*;
class LargestWord
{    
    public static void main(String arr[])
    {
        Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Enter Any String ");
        String str=sc.nextLine();
        String max="",min="",word="";
        str=str+" ";
        min=str;
        for(int a=0;a<str.length();a++)
        {
            if(str.charAt(a)==' ')
            {
               if(max.length()<word.length())
               {
                   max=word;
               }
               if(min.length()>word.length())
               {
                   min=word;
               }
               word="";
            }
            else
            {                
                word=word+str.charAt(a);
            }
            
        }
        System.out.println("\n Largest Word : "+max);
        System.out.println("\n Smallest Word : "+min);
    }
}
Output

Enter Any String 

ram is a good boy


 Largest Word : good


 Smallest Word : a

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