Longest String and edited Max

Author: Odogwudozilla

exercises/longest_string.rb

@@ -12,10 +12,25 @@
 #   str.length == 4
 
 def longest_string(list)
-  # This is your job. :)
+  my_long_str = list[0] # assigns a varible to the first array index
+  list.each do |str| # for each str in list
+    if str.length > my_long_str.length # if the lengthof current str is greater than my_long_str
+      my_long_str = str # set str to my_long_str
+    end
+  end
+  return my_long_str
 end
 
+# A far better and shorter solution (on StackOverflow) is my_long_str = list.max_by(&:length)
+# But I will stick with my own homegrown solution
+
+
 if __FILE__ == $PROGRAM_NAME
   # I'd advise putting some sanity checks here.
   # How else will you be sure your code does what you think it does?
+
+  p longest_string(["We", "might", "have", "missed", "a", "corner", "case"]) == "missed"
+  p longest_string(["Remember", "that", "conceptually", "x"]) == "conceptually"
+
+  p longest_string([123456789, "might", "have", 23564.25689, "a", "corner", "case"]) == "corner"
 end

exercises/max.rb

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def max(list)
 # prints out "true.""  For example,
 #   1. We might have missed a corner case
 #   2. The code does what it should, but is conceptually confused
-#   3. Something else we haven't though of
+#   3. Something else we haven't thought of
 #
 # Remember: Option #3 is *always* possible.
 #