When it is required to take two strings, and display the larger string without using any built-in function, a simple iteration and the ‘==’ operator can be used.
Below is the demonstration of the same −
Example
string_1 = "Malala"
string_2 = "Male"
count_1 = 0
count_2 = 0
print("The first string is :")
print(string_1)
print("The second string is :")
print(string_2)
for i in string_1:
count_1 = count_1+1
for j in string_2:
count_2 = count_2+1
if(count_1<count_2):
print("The larger string is:")
print(string_2)
elif(count_1==count_2):
print("Both the strings are equal.")
else:
print("The larger string is:")
print(string_1)Output
The first string is : Malala The second string is : Male The larger string is: Malala
Explanation
Two strings are defined, and are displayed on the console.
Two counters are initialized to 0.
The strings are iterated over, and their lengths are obtained.
This is incremented and stored in the counter.
Depending on the count value, the larger of both the strings is displayed on the console.