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2.Write a method named longestWord that accepts a String as its parameter and re

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Question

2.Write a method named longestWord that accepts a String as its parameter and returns the length of the longest word in the string.

A word is a sequence of one or more non-space characters (any character other than the space character).

You may assume that the string doesn't contain any other white-space characters such as tabs or newlines.

Here are some example calls to your method and their expected results:

Call

Value returned

longestWord("to be or not to be")

3

longestWord("oh hello, how are you?")

6

longestWord("I am OK")

2


please do not use trim

Call

Value returned

longestWord("to be or not to be")

3

longestWord("oh hello, how are you?")

6

longestWord("I am OK")

2

Explanation / Answer

Sample output


Enter a String

to be or not to be

Maximum length of a word in this String is :3