Daily JavaScript Challenge: Find the Shortest Word in a Sentence
Hey fellow developers! 👋 Welcome to today's JavaScript coding challenge. Let's keep those programming skills sharp!
The Challenge
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: String Manipulation
Description
Given a sentence, write a function to find the shortest word in the sentence. If there are multiple words with the same shortest length, return the first one that appears.
Ready to Begin?
- Fork this challenge
- Write your solution
- Test it against the provided test cases
- Share your approach in the comments below!
Want to Learn More?
Check out the documentation about this topic here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/split
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Top comments (1)
Interesting challenge! I wonder if always returning the first shortest word is the best approach. Wouldn’t it be more informative to return all equally short words, especially if there are multiple? What do you think?