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longest_word.rb
# frozen_string_literal: true
def longest_word(sentence)
split_sentence = sentence.split
my_longest_word = split_sentence.max_by { |word| word.size }
same_length_words = split_sentence.select { |word| word.size == my_longest_word.size }
if same_length_words.empty?
my_longest_word
else
same_length_words.last
end
end
ruby_love = 'Ruby is my favorite language'
bobby_is_weird = 'Bobby loves big scary kangaroos'
p longest_word(ruby_love)
p longest_word(bobby_is_weird)
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