Display the Larger String Without Using Built-in Functions in Python

When it is required to take two strings and display the larger string without using any built-in function, the counter can be used to get the length of the strings, and ‘if’ condition can be used to compare their lengths.

Below is the demonstration of the same −

Example

 Live Demo

string_1= "Hi there"
string_2= "Hi how are ya"
print("The first string is :")
print(string_1)
print("The second string is :")
print(string_2)
count_1 = 0
count_2 = 0
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 in length")
else:
   print("The larger string is :")
   print(string_1)

Output

The first string is :
Hi there
The second string is :
Hi how are ya
The larger string is :
Hi how are ya

Explanation

• Two strings are defined, and are displayed on the console.

• Two counter variables are initialized to 0.

• The first string is iterated over and its length is determined by incrementing the counter.

• The same is done for the second string as well.

• These counts are compared to each other.

• Depending on the value, the output is displayed on the console.