A practical example that iterates through all words in a sentence to find the one with the greatest length.

ID: 824

See: Introduction, Length = [int] 
				
					using uCalcSoftware;

var uc = new uCalc();
var t = uc.NewTransformer();
t.Text = "Find the longest word in this sentence.";
t.Pattern("{@Alpha}"); // Match all words
t.Find();

int maxLength = 0;
string longestWord = "";
foreach(var match in t.Matches) {
   if (match.Length > maxLength) {
      maxLength = match.Length;
      longestWord = match.Text;
   }
}

Console.WriteLine($"Longest word is '{longestWord}' with length: {maxLength}");
				
			
Longest word is 'sentence' with length: 8
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					#include <iostream>
#include "uCalc.h"

using namespace std;
using namespace uCalcSoftware;

int main() {
   uCalc uc;
   auto t = uc.NewTransformer();
   t.Text("Find the longest word in this sentence.");
   t.Pattern("{@Alpha}"); // Match all words
   t.Find();

   int maxLength = 0;
   string longestWord = "";
   for(auto match : t.Matches()) {
      if (match.Length() > maxLength) {
         maxLength = match.Length();
         longestWord = match.Text();
      }
   }

   cout << "Longest word is '" << longestWord << "' with length: " << maxLength << endl;
}
				
			
Longest word is 'sentence' with length: 8
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					Imports System
Imports uCalcSoftware
Public Module Program
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim uc As New uCalc()
      Dim t = uc.NewTransformer()
      t.Text = "Find the longest word in this sentence."
      t.Pattern("{@Alpha}") '// Match all words
      t.Find()
      
      Dim maxLength As Integer = 0
      Dim longestWord As String = ""
      For Each match In t.Matches
         If match.Length > maxLength Then
            maxLength = match.Length
            longestWord = match.Text
         End If
      Next
      
      Console.WriteLine($"Longest word is '{longestWord}' with length: {maxLength}")
   End Sub
End Module
				
			
Longest word is 'sentence' with length: 8
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