Question

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

Answer 1

def shortest_word_length(text: str) -> int:
    """
    Return the length of the shortest word in the string.
    Words are separated by whitespace.
    Returns 0 if no words exist.
    """
    words = text.split()
    if not words:
        return 0
        
    return min(len(word) for word in words)


def main():
    text = "Find the shortest word length in this string"
    result = shortest_word_length(text)

    if result == 0:
        print("No words found.")
    else:
        print("Length of the shortest word:", result)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()


   
'''
run:
 
Length of the shortest word: 2
   
'''

 

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