Longest Word in Java: Explanation & Practice

Problem summary

Write a program that finds the longest word in a sentence.

Starter code

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String sentence = "The quick brown fox jumps"; // Test case 1
        
        // Find longest word
        // Print: Longest word: <word>
    }
}

Expected output and test cases

• quick is longest (5 chars)

  Longest word: quick

• Longest in sentence

  Longest word: programming

• Single word

  Longest word: hello

Hints

1. Split sentence into words
2. Track longest word found
3. Compare lengths to find maximum

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