Shortest String

gistfile1.rb

# shortest_string is a method that takes an array of strings as its input
# and returns the shortest string
#
# +array+ is an array of strings
# shortest_string(array) should return the shortest string in +array+
#
# If +array+ is empty the method should return nil
def shortest_string(array)
    shortest = 0
        array.length.times do |i|
            if  i == 0
                shortest = array[i]
            elsif
                shortest.length > array[i].length
                shortest = array[i] 
            else
                shortest
            end
    end    
    
    if array.length == 0
    shortest = nil
    else
    shortest
end
end