Find the second largest string by length in a sentence using Java 8

import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Comparator; import java.util.Optional; public class SecondLargestString { public static void main(String[] args) { String sentence = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"; Optional<String> secondLargest = Arrays.stream(sentence.split("\\s+")) // 1. Split into words .distinct() // 2. Remove duplicates (e.g., "The" and "the" would be treated as distinct here unless lowercased first) .sorted(Comparator.comparingInt(String::length).reversed() // 3. Sort by length in descending order .thenComparing(Comparator.naturalOrder())) // 4. Optional: sort alphabetically for ties in length .skip(1) // 5. Skip the longest string .findFirst(); // 6. Get the next string (the second longest) if (secondLargest.isPresent()) { System.out.println("The second largest string is: " + secondLargest.get()); } else { System.out.println("Could not find the second largest string."); } } }