June 2018 Update

Task/Longest-string-challenge/Julia/longest-string-challenge.julia

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+function longer(a, b)
+    try
+        b[endof(a)]
+    catch
+        return true
+    end
+    return false
+end
+
+function printlongest(io::IO)
+    lines = longest = ""
+    while !eof(io)
+        line = readline(io)
+        if longer(line, longest)
+            longest = lines = line
+        elseif !longer(longest, line)
+            lines *= "\n" * line
+        end
+    end
+    println(lines)
+end
+printlongest(str::String) = printlongest(IOBuffer(str))
+
+printlongest("a\nbb\nccc\nddd\nee\nf\nggg")