Longest Word in Dictionary

Question

Given a list of strings, find the longest word in the list that is a valid word in the English dictionary.

Example 1

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Solution

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all//Longest Word in Dictionary.py

def longest_word_in_dictionary(words):
    longest_word = ""
    for word in words:
        if len(word) > len(longest_word):
            longest_word = word
    return longest_word

words = ["Python", "is", "a", "very", "powerful", "programming", "language"]
print(longest_word_in_dictionary(words))

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all//Longest Word in Dictionary.py

def longest_word_in_dictionary(words):
    longest_word = ""
    for word in words:
        if len(word) > len(longest_word):
            longest_word = word
    return longest_word

words = ["Python", "is", "a", "very", "powerful", "programming", "language"]
print(longest_word_in_dictionary(words))