why wont 3rd condition satisfy ? the code runs correctly
package com.codegym.task.task07.task0712;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.ArrayList;
/*
Shortest or longest
*/
public class Solution {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
ArrayList<String> strings = new ArrayList<String> (10);
BufferedReader key = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
for(int i=0; i<10; i++) {
String str = key.readLine();
strings.add(str);
}
int maxLen = 0;
String x = strings.get(0);
int minLen = x.length();
String longestString ="";
String shortestString ="";
for(String str : strings) {
if(str.length() > maxLen) {
maxLen = str.length(); //find the longest string
longestString = str;
}
}
for(String str : strings) {
if(str.length() < minLen) {
minLen = str.length(); //find the shortest string
shortestString=str;
}
}
int pos1 = strings.indexOf(longestString); //get index of
int pos2 = strings.indexOf(shortestString);
System.out.println(shortestString);
System.out.println(longestString);
if(pos1<pos2) {
System.out.print(longestString);
} else if (pos2<pos1) {
System.out.print(shortestString);
}
}
}