Question

How to find the length of the second smallest word in a string with Python

Answer 1

def second_smallest_word_length(string):
    arr = string.split(" ")
    
    if len(arr) < 2:
        return -1
        
    lengths = [len(word) for word in arr]
    lengths.sort()
    
    return lengths[1]

str = "c# java c++ python javascript"

print(second_smallest_word_length(str))




'''
run:

3

'''

 

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Answer 2

import re
 
def second_smallest_word_length(text):
    words = re.split(r'\s+', text.strip())
     
    if len(words) < 2:
        return -1
     
    lengths = [len(word) for word in words]
    lengths.sort()
     
    return lengths[1]
 
text = "java c++ python c# javascript"
 
print(second_smallest_word_length(text))
 
     
     
     
'''
run:
 
3
 
'''

 

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