Use Min to get the shortest word in a string array by comparing string length in CSharp

Description

The following code shows how to use Min to get the shortest word in a string array by comparing string length.

Example


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        string[] words = { "cherry", "apple", "blueberry" };

        int shortestWord = words.Min(w => w.Length);

        Console.WriteLine("The shortest word is {0} characters long.", shortestWord);
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.





















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