RosettaCodeData/Task/Longest-string-challenge/Phix/longest-string-challenge-1.phix
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with javascript_semantics
--integer fn = open(command_line()[2],"r") -- (reading the source file)
sequence fn = unix_dict()[1..40]&-1
function allx(string line)
line[1..-1] = 'x'
return line
end function
function longest(string mask)
-- object line = gets(fn)
object line = fn[1]; fn = fn[2..$];
if atom(line) then return mask end if
string newmask = allx(line)
if not match(mask,newmask) then return longest(mask) end if
mask = longest(newmask)
if match(mask,newmask) then
-- puts(1,line)
printf(1,"%s\n",line)
end if
return mask
end function
{} = longest("x")
--close(fn)