Java: Finding the shortest word in a string and printing it out

Question

I\'m a novice with Java. I took a class in C, so I\'m trying to get myself out of that mode of thinking. The program I\'m writing has a section in which the user enters an i

Answer 1

Java 8 has made it simpler. Convert your String array to a list and use sorted() to compare and sort your list in ascending order. Finally, use findFirst() to get the first value of your list (which is shortest after sorting).

have a look,

String[] words = new String[]{"Hello", "name", "is", "Bob"};
String shortest = Arrays.asList(words).stream()
      .sorted((e2, e1) -> e1.length() > e2.length() ? -1 : 1)
      .findFirst().get();

System.out.println(shortest);