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JavaScript: Accept a list of words and returns the longest

JavaScript Function: Exercise-25 with Solution

Write a JavaScript function that accept a list of country names as input and returns the longest country name as output

Sample function : Longest_Country_Name(["Australia", "Germany", "United States of America"])
Expected output : "United States of America"

Pictorial Presentation:

JavaScript: Accept a list of words and returns the longest

Sample Solution: -

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Find longest word</title>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:

function Longest_Country_Name(country_name)
  {
  return country_name.reduce(function(lname, country) 
  {
    return lname.length > country.length ? lname : country;
  }, 
"");
}
console.log(Longest_Country_Name(["Australia", "Germany", "United States of America"]));

Output:

United States of America

Flowchart:

Flowchart: JavaScript function: Accept a list of words and returns the longest

Live Demo:

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JavaScript: Tips of the Day

Shorten an array using its length property

A great way of shortening an array is by redefining its length property.

let array = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 8, 9]
array.length = 4
// Result: [0, 1, 2, 3]

Important to know though is that this is a destructive way of changing the array. This means you lose all the other values that used to be in the array.

Ref: https://bit.ly/2LBj213