Even-Length Words & Max Length | Dataford Interview Questions

Python: from a sentence, find words with even length and return the maximum length word (if there is a tie, return the one that appeared first)

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Implement max_even_length_word(sentence). The input is a string, and words are separated by whitespace. Return the original word with the greatest even number of characters, or "" if no word has even length.

Examples

"edge node data" returns "edge", because all three words have length 4 and "edge" appears first.
"fast CDN delivery" returns "delivery", the longest even-length word.

Constraints

sentence contains at most 10,000 characters.
Words contain non-whitespace characters.
Preserve each selected word exactly as it appears.

Constraints

0 <= len(sentence) <= 10000
Words are separated by one or more whitespace characters
Return the original spelling and capitalization of the selected word
Return an empty string when no word has even length

Function Signature

def max_even_length_word(sentence):

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