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title: longest_item
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tags: list,string,utility,intermediate
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---
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Takes any number of iterable objects or objects with a length property and returns the longest one.
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If multiple objects have the same length, the first one will be returned.
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Use `max()` with `len` as the `key` to return the item with the greatest length.
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```py
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def longest_item(*args):
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return max(args, key=len)
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```
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```py
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longest_item('this', 'is', 'a', 'testcase') # 'testcase'
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longest_item([1, 2, 3], [1, 2], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) # [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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longest_item([1, 2, 3], 'foobar') # 'foobar'
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```
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