Question

How to find the length of the shortest word in a string with TypeScript

Answer 1

function shortestWordLength(text: string): number {
    // Split on whitespace; filter removes empty strings
    const words: string[] = text.split(/\s+/).filter(w => w.length > 0);

    if (words.length === 0) {
        return 0;
    }

    return Math.min(...words.map(w => w.length));
}

function main() {
    const input = "Find the shortest word length in this string";
    const result: number = shortestWordLength(input);

    if (result === 0) {
        console.log("No words found.");
    } else {
        console.log("Length of the shortest word:", result);
    }
}

main();

 
  
  
/*
run:
  
"Length of the shortest word:",  2 
  
*/

 

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