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  1. #include <stdio.h>
  2. #include <string.h>
  3.  
  4. #define N 20
  5.  
  6. int main( void )
  7. {
  8.  
  9.     char max[N];
  10.     char min[N];
  11.     char (*ch)[N];
  12.     char inputStr[N] ;
  13.     int length = 0;
  14.  
  15.  
  16.     fgets(inputStr, sizeof(inputStr), stdin);
  17.  
  18.  
  19.  
  20.     //technique fr: https://stackoverflow.com/a/28462221/701302
  21.     inputStr[strcspn(inputStr, "\n")] = 0;
  22.  
  23.  
  24.  
  25.     strcpy(max,inputStr);
  26.     strcpy(min,inputStr);
  27.  
  28.     do
  29.     {
  30.         fgets(inputStr, sizeof(inputStr), stdin);
  31.  
  32.         //technique fr: https://stackoverflow.com/a/28462221/701302
  33.         inputStr[strcspn(inputStr, "\n")] = 0;
  34.  
  35.         if (strcmp(inputStr,max) > 0){ 
  36.             strcpy(max,inputStr);
  37.         }
  38.         else
  39.         if ( strcmp(inputStr,min)  < 0){
  40.             strcpy(min,inputStr);
  41.         }    
  42.         length = strlen(inputStr);  
  43.     } while (length != 4);
  44.  
  45.      printf("largest word is: %s\n",max);
  46.  
  47.      ch = &min;
  48.      if (strcmp(ch,"") == 0){
  49.      	ch = "[empty string]";
  50.      }
  51.      printf("smallest word is: %s",ch); 
  52.  
  53. }
Success #stdin #stdout 0s 4316KB
comments (?)
stdin 
penguin

cat
dog
bear
stdout 
largest word is: penguin
smallest word is: [empty string]
https://ideone.com/tAquGS
language:
C (gcc 8.3)
created:
7 years ago
visibility:
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