What is the best way to retrieve the shortest or longest string in an array? If there are multiple candidates having the same minimum/maximum length, it’s okay to return just the first one.
This can be solved with the snippet below. Is there a better way to do it, though? Thanks in advance.
arr = ["hello", "beautiful", "world", "!"]
minl, maxl = extrema(length, arr)
shortest = filter(x -> length(x) == minl, arr) |> first
longest = filter(x -> length(x) == maxl, arr) |> first
# or even...
shortest = arr[findfirst(x -> length(x) == minl, arr)]
longest = arr[findfirst(x -> length(x) == maxl, arr)]
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