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authorRoger Bell_West <roger@firedrake.org>2021-05-05 09:05:19 +0100
committerRoger Bell_West <roger@firedrake.org>2021-05-05 09:05:19 +0100
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+#!/opt/local/bin/lua
+
+--
+-- See ../README.md
+--
+
+--
+-- Run as: lua ch-2.lua < input-file
+--
+
+local longest = ""
+
+for line in io . lines () do
+ --
+ -- Find words with their letters in lexical order, and which are
+ -- longer than the longest found so far.
+ --
+ if line : lower ()
+ : find ("^a*b*c*d*e*f*g*i*j*k*l*m*n*o*p*q*r*s*t*u*v*w*x*y*z*$")
+ and line : len () > longest : len ()
+ then longest = line
+ end
+end
+
+print (longest)