C# finding the shortest and longest word in a array

Question

I am trying to find the shortest and longest string value based on length and im getting stuck. As of now the script exits after the writeline. I think the code needs some h

Answer 1

Here's a generic extension method you can use (efficiency O(n)):

public static class Extensions{
    // assumes that supply a Func that will return an int to compare by
    public static Tuple MaxMin(this IEnumerable sequence, Func propertyAccessor){
        int min = int.MaxValue;
        int max = int.MinValue;

        T maxItem = default(T);
        T minItem = default(T);

        foreach (var i in sequence)
        {
            var propertyValue = propertyAccessor(i);
            if (propertyValue > max){
                max = propertyValue;
                maxItem = i;
            }

            if (propertyValue < min){
                min = propertyValue;
                minItem = i;
            }                       
        }

        return Tuple.Create(maxItem, minItem);
}

// max will be stored in first, min in second
var maxMin = word.MaxMin(s => s.Length);