Compare length of two strings: Difference between revisions

<syntaxhighlight lang="csharp">

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace example

{

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

var strings = new string[] { "abcd", "123456789", "abcdef", "1234567" };

compareAndReportStringsLength(strings);

}

private static void compareAndReportStringsLength(string[] strings)

{

if (strings.Length > 0)

{

char Q = '"';

string hasLength = " has length ";

string predicateMax = " and is the longest string";

string predicateMin = " and is the shortest string";

string predicateAve = " and is neither the longest nor the shortest string";

string predicate;

(int, int)[] li = new (int, int)[strings.Length];

for (int i = 0; i < strings.Length; i++)

li[i] = (strings[i].Length, i);

Array.Sort(li, ((int, int) a, (int, int) b) => b.Item1 - a.Item1);

int maxLength = li[0].Item1;

int minLength = li[strings.Length - 1].Item1;

for (int i = 0; i < strings.Length; i++)

{

int length = li[i].Item1;

string str = strings[li[i].Item2];

if (length == maxLength)

predicate = predicateMax;

else if (length == minLength)

predicate = predicateMin;

else

predicate = predicateAve;

Console.WriteLine(Q + str + Q + hasLength + length + predicate);

}

}

}

}

}

</syntaxhighlight>

{{output}}

<pre>

"123456789" has length 9 and is the longest string

"1234567" has length 7 and is neither the longest nor the shortest string

"abcdef" has length 6 and is neither the longest nor the shortest string

"abcd" has length 4 and is the shortest string

</pre>

===Simple Modern Version===

{{works with|C sharp|C#|12+}}