Question

THIS IS JAVA PROGRAMMING

Write a method that finds the shortest word in an array of String values and returns the length, in characters, of that word. The method should use the following header.

public static int minLength(String[] array)

Write a test program that prompts the user to enter ten strings, store them in an array and invokes this method to return the shortest length, and displays that value. (A near complete program can be found attached to the dropbox)

Answer 1

import java.util.Scanner;

public class FindMinLength {

    public static int minLength(String[] array) {
        int minLength = array[0].length();
        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
            if (array[i].length() < minLength)
                minLength = array[i].length();
        }
        return minLength;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
        String[] strings = new String[10];
        for (int i = 0; i < strings.length; i++) {
            System.out.print("Enter string " + (i + 1) + ": ");
            strings[i] = in.nextLine();
        }
        System.out.println("Length of smallest length string is " + minLength(strings));
    }
}