/*
Marty Stepp, CSE 142, Autumn 2008
This program prompts the user for words until a particular word "goodbye"
is typed, then displays which word was the longest word typed.

Example output:
Type a word (or "goodbye" to quit): Obama
Type a word (or "goodbye" to quit): McCain
Type a word (or "goodbye" to quit): Biden
Type a word (or "goodbye" to quit): Palin
Type a word (or "goodbye" to quit): goodbye
The longest word you typed was "McCain" (6 letters)
*/

import java.util.*;

public class LongestWord {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
		String longest = "";   // longest word seen so far

		// moved one "post" out of loop
		System.out.print("Type a word (or \"goodbye\" to quit): ");
		String word = console.next();

		while (!word.equals("goodbye")) {
			if (word.length() > longest.length()) {
				longest = word;     // moved to top of loop
			}
			System.out.print("Type a word (or \"goodbye\" to quit): ");
			word = console.next();
		}

		System.out.println("The longest word you typed was \"" + 
				longest + "\" (" + longest.length() + " letters)");
	}
}