Completed Longest Word Project in Ruby

archive/r/ruby/LongestWord.rb

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+def longest_word_length(input)
+
+    # Split the input by spaces
+    words = input.split(" ")  
+
+    # Start with 0 as the longest length
+    max_length = 0        
+
+    # Go through each word
+    words.each do |word|       
+      if word.length > max_length
+        max_length = word.length
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Return the length of the longest word
+    max_length                 
+  end
+
+  # Check if the program has received input from the command line
+  if ARGV.length > 0
+    input_string = ARGV.join(" ")
+    puts longest_word_length(input_string)
+  else
+    puts "Please provide an input string."
+  end
+
+