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Re: Finding longest palindrome from a string

by tune (Curate)
on Aug 13, 2004 at 08:43 UTC ( #382573=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Finding longest palindrome from a string

A very humble attempt: 
sub tune {
    my $l = "";
    map {$l=$_ if ($_ eq reverse $_)&&(length $l<length $_)} split /\s
++/, $_[0];
    return $l;
}

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tune

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Re^2: Finding longest palindrome from a string
by tune (Curate) on Aug 13, 2004 at 08:49 UTC
    Oops, mine won't work with in-string palindromes. Disqualify me. =:(

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    tune

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