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Stupid Skylark answered on April 24, 2021 Popularity 7/10 Helpfulness 1/10

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def findShortest(lst):
    length = len(lst)
    short = len(lst[0])
    ret = 0
    for x in range(1, length):
        if len(lst[x]) < short:
            short = lst[x]
            ret = x

    return x # return the index of the shortest sentence in the list

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Contributed on Apr 24 2021

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words = ["alpha","omega","up","down","over","under","purple","red","blue","green"]

#GET LONGEST WORD
max(words, key=len)
>>> 'purple'

#GET SHORTEST WORD
min(words, key=len)
>>> 'up'

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