[Tutor] using the reduce function

[Christopher Spears]

Yet another homework problem is giving me fits.  Here
it goes:

Use the reduce function to find the length of the
longest string in a list of strings.

I have been banging my head against the wall with this
one.  Ouch!  I figured out how to do it another way
using control structures:

>>> strings = ['long', 'longer', 'longest']
>>> for i in range(len(strings)):
	count = 0
	if len(strings[i]) > count:
		count = len(strings[i])

		
>>> count
7

So how do I use the logic of this script and apply it
to the problem?

-Chris

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