[Tutor] list comprehensions

[Tim Wilson]

Hi everyone,

I'm wondering if it's possible to implement the following function using
list comprehensions. It's not really a speed issue because it runs in a
split second using the built-in dictionary on my Linux box.

-Tim

def filterLongest(words):
    """
    Filter a list of words for all words that have a length equal to the
    longest word in the list.
    
    Argument:
    words -- List of words to filter
    
    """
    l = []
    maxLength = 0
    for word in words:
        wordLength = len(word)
        if wordLength == maxLength:
            l.append(word)
        elif wordLength > maxLength:
            l = [word]
            maxLength = wordLength
    return l

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