From 1c7710de382cf9648dedfda740593b0440f8b1b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Saurabh Mahapatra <98408932+its-100rabh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 10:29:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Create longest_word_in_sentence.py

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 strings/longest_word_in_sentence.py | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 strings/longest_word_in_sentence.py

diff --git a/strings/longest_word_in_sentence.py b/strings/longest_word_in_sentence.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/strings/longest_word_in_sentence.py
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+def longest_word(sentence: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Finds the longest word in a sentence.
+
+    >>> longest_word("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog")
+    'jumped'
+    >>> longest_word("Python is amazing")
+    'amazing'
+    >>> longest_word("")
+    ''
+    >>> longest_word("a")
+    'a'
+    """
+    words = sentence.split()
+    return max(words, key=len) if words else ''
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from doctest import testmod
+    testmod()