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longest_string.py
string = "abcadefzab"
longest_string = ''
current_string = ''
last_char = ''
for char in string:
if char >= last_char:
current_string += char
elif last_char > char:
if len(current_string) > len(longest_string):
longest_string = current_string
current_string = char
last_char = char
if len(current_string) > len(longest_string):
longest_string = current_string
print(longest_string)
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