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Re: Find the longest word in the word list file.
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Stephen Berman |
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Re: Find the longest word in the word list file. |
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Wed, 11 Aug 2021 15:58:25 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:14:05 +0800 Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have an English word list file that stores words in a
> one-word-per-line format. Now I want to find the longest word in the
> word list file. For example, I can use standard UNIX tools to
> accomplish this with the following simple commands:
>
> $ awk '$0 ~ /^[[:alpha:]]+$/ { print $0, length($0) }'
> american-english-exhaustive | \
> sort -k2n | tail -1
> Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch 58
>
> But in Emacs, what is the elisp implementation for the above task?
Here's another way. Say e.g. the following is the buffer with your list
of words:
Theory
and
Simulation
of
Materials
First do this:
(setq l
'(Theory
and
Simulation
of
Materials))
Evaluate the preceding sexp, then evaluate the following sexp:
(car (sort l (lambda (a b)
(> (length (symbol-name a)) (length (symbol-name b))))))
=>
Simulation
Steve Berman
Re: Find the longest word in the word list file.,
Stephen Berman <=
Re: Find the longest word in the word list file., Emanuel Berg, 2021/08/11
- Re: Find the longest word in the word list file., Hongyi Zhao, 2021/08/11
- Re: Find the longest word in the word list file., Emanuel Berg, 2021/08/11
- Re: Find the longest word in the word list file., Hongyi Zhao, 2021/08/11
- Re: Find the longest word in the word list file., Emanuel Berg, 2021/08/11
- Re: Find the longest word in the word list file., Hongyi Zhao, 2021/08/11
- Re: Find the longest word in the word list file., Emanuel Berg, 2021/08/11
- Re: Find the longest word in the word list file., Hongyi Zhao, 2021/08/11