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Find Shortest Word in Python

Find the shortest word in a sentence.

BeginnerString ProgramsExample 15 of 25
find-shortest-word.py
1# Program to find the shortest word in a sentence
2

3sentence = input("Enter a sentence: ")
4

5words = sentence.split()
6

7if not words:
8    print("No words found.")
9else:
10    shortest = min(words, key=len)
11    print("Shortest word:", shortest)

Output

Enter a sentence: this is a test
Shortest word: a

What's going on

We use min(words, key=len) to get the shortest word by length.

After this program

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