Task: Longest string challenge





Java: import java.io.File;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class LongestStringChallenge {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String lines = "", longest = "";
        try (Scanner sc = new Scanner(new File("lines.txt"))) {
            while(sc.hasNext()) {
                String line = sc.nextLine();
                if (longer(longest, line))
                    lines = longest = line;
                else if (!longer(line, longest))
                    lines = lines.concat("\n").concat(line);
            }
        }
        System.out.println(lines);
    }

    static boolean longer(String a, String b) {
        try {
            String dummy = a.substring(b.length());
        } catch (StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}







Ada: with Ada.Text_IO;

procedure Longest_Strings is
   use Ada.Text_IO;
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   function Measure_And_Print_N (O : String := ""; 
                                 N : String := ""  
                                ) return Integer is
      T1 : String := O;
      T2 : String := N;
      L  : Integer := 1; 
      function Test_Length (O : in out String; 
                            N : in out String) 
                            return Integer is
         function Test_Equal (O : in out String; N : in out String)
                              return Integer is
         begin
            O := N;
            return 1;
         exception
            when Constraint_Error =>
               return -1;
         end;
      begin
         case Test_Equal (O, N) is
         when -1 =>
            O (N'Range) := N;
            return 0;
         when 1 =>
            return 1;
         when others =>
            return -1;
         end case;
      exception
         when Constraint_Error =>
            return 2;
      end;
   begin
         case Test_Length (T1, T2) is
         when 0 =>
            
            
            
            if End_Of_File
            then
               return 0;
            else
               case Measure_And_Print_N (O, Get_Line) is
                  when 0 =>
                     return 0;
                  when 1 =>
                     return 0;
                  when 2 =>
                     return 2; 
                  when others =>
                     raise Numeric_Error;
               end case;
            end if;
         when 1 =>
            
            
            
            
            if End_Of_File
            then
               Put_Line (N);
               return 1;
            else
               case Measure_And_Print_N (O, Get_Line) is
                  when 0 =>
                     Put_Line (N);
                     return 1;
                  when 1 =>
                     Put_Line (N);
                     return 1;
                  when 2 =>  
                     null;
                     return 2;
                  when others =>
                     raise Numeric_Error;
               end case;
            end if;
         when 2 =>
            
            
            
            
            
            if End_Of_File
            then
               Put_Line (N);
               return 2;
            else
               case Measure_And_Print_N (N, Get_Line) is
                  when 0 =>
                     Put_Line (N);
                     return 2;
                  when 1 =>
                     Put_Line (N);
                     return 2;
                  when 2 =>  
                     null;
                     return 2;
                  when others =>
                     raise Numeric_Error;
               end case;
            end if;
         when others =>
            
            
            
            raise Numeric_Error;
         end case;
   end;
begin
   if End_Of_File
   then
      null;
   else
      case Measure_And_Print_N ("", Get_Line) is
         when 0 =>
            Put_Line (Current_Error,
                      "Error, Somehow the input line is calculated as less than zero!");
         when 1 =>
            Put_Line (Current_Error,
                      "All input lines appear to be blank.");
         when 2 =>
            null;
         when others =>
            raise Numeric_Error;
      end case;
   end if;
end;