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+#include <vector>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cctype>
+
+std::vector<std::string> split( const std::string & startline ,
+      const std::string & sep ) {
+   std::vector<std::string> separated ;
+   std::string::size_type start { 0 } ;
+   std::string::size_type pos ;
+   do {
+      pos = startline.find_first_of( sep , start ) ;
+      separated.push_back( startline.substr(start , pos - start )) ;
+      start = pos + 1 ;
+   } while ( pos != std::string::npos ) ;
+   return separated ;
+}
+
+int convert( const std::string & s ) {
+   if ( std::any_of( s.begin( ) , s.end( ) , []( auto c ){ return 
+	    std::isalpha( c ) ; } ) ) {
+      return s.length( ) ;
+   }
+   else {
+      return std::stoi( s ) ;
+   }
+}
+
+int main( ) {
+   std::cout << "Please enter some strings, separated by blanks!\n" ;
+   std::string line ;
+   std::getline( std::cin , line ) ;
+   std::vector<std::string> allStrings { split( line , " " ) } ;
+   std::vector<int> nums ( allStrings.size( ) ) ;
+   std::transform( allStrings.begin( ) , allStrings.end( ) , 
+	 nums.begin( ) , convert ) ;
+   std::cout << *std::max_element( nums.begin( ) , nums.end( )) <<
+	 std::endl ;
+   return 0 ;
+}
+	 
+