Interview questions in Python/string/longest_word_solution.ipynb

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      "Exercises\n"
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    "# Write a Python function that takes a list of words and returns the length of the longest one\n",
    "\n",
    "def find_longest_word(words_list):\n",
    "    word_len = []\n",
    "    for n in words_list:\n",
    "        word_len.append((len(n), n))\n",
    "    word_len.sort()\n",
    "    return word_len[-1][1]\n",
    "\n",
    "print(find_longest_word([\"PHP\", \"Exercises\", \"Backend\"]))"
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