get_longest_word: takes in a sentence as a string argument (string with words separated by whitespaces and no punctuation) and returns the longest word in the sentence. If there are two words of equal longest length, it returns the word that occurs first. o Example: get_longest_word("There are some incredibly long words here") should return 'incredibly'.

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Implement the following function:

Code should be written in python. 

get_longest_word: takes in a sentence as a string argument (string with words separated by
whitespaces and no punctuation) and returns the longest word in the sentence. If there are
two words of equal longest length, it returns the word that occurs first.
o Example: get_longest_word("There are some incredibly long words here") should
return 'incredibly'.
Transcribed Image Text:get_longest_word: takes in a sentence as a string argument (string with words separated by whitespaces and no punctuation) and returns the longest word in the sentence. If there are two words of equal longest length, it returns the word that occurs first. o Example: get_longest_word("There are some incredibly long words here") should return 'incredibly'.
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