Shortest Word in Java

Find the shortest word in a sentence.

BeginnerModule 4: String ProgramsExample 12 of 25
shortest-word.java
1import java.util.Scanner;
2
3public class Main {
4 public static void main(String[] args) {
5 Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
6 System.out.print("Enter a sentence: ");
7 String s = sc.nextLine().trim();
8
9 if (s.isEmpty()) {
10 System.out.println("No words");
11 return;
12 }
13
14 String[] words = s.split("\\s+");
15 String shortest = words[0];
16 for (String w : words) {
17 if (w.length() < shortest.length()) {
18 shortest = w;
19 }
20 }
21 System.out.println("Shortest word: " + shortest);
22 sc.close();
23 }
24}

Output

Enter a sentence: Java is fun
Shortest word: is

What's going on

We initialize with first word and minimize by length.