Question

Write a function that takes two strings as arguments and returns the one which is longer. If the strings have equal length, return the one that comes first alphabetically.

This is what i have so far:

    def strings(x,y):
        if len(x) > len(y):
            return x
        if len(x)==len(y):
            return 
        else:
            return y

I am wondering how i would write the code so it would choose the string that comes first alphabetically for the second if statement.

Answer 1

this should work:

if len(x)==len(y):
   return min(x,y)