public class SmallestLargestWord
public static void main(String[] args){
String string = "Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny";
String word = "", small = "", large="";
String[] words = new String[100];
int length = 0;
//Add extra space after string to get the last word in the given string
string = string + " ";
for(int i = 0; i < string.length(); i++){
//Split the string into words
if(string.charAt(i) != ' '){
word = word + string.charAt(i);
}
else{
//Add word to array words
words[length] = word;
//Increment length
length++;
//Make word an empty string
word = "";
}
}
//Initialize small and large with first word in the string
small = large = words[0];
//Determine smallest and largest word in the string
for(int k = 0; k < length; k++){
//If length of small is greater than any word present in the string
//Store value of word into small
if(small.length() > words[k].length())
small = words[k];
//If length of large is less than any word present in the string
//Store value of word into large
if(large.length() < words[k].length())
large = words[k];
}
System.out.println("Smallest word: " + small);
System.out.println("Largest word: " + large);
}
}