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 ```
# Define the function to find the longest string
def find_longest():
 words = ["hello", "world", "how", "are", "you"]
 max_len = 0
 max_word = ""
 for word in words:
 if len(word) > max_len:
 max_len = len(word)
 max_word = word
 return max_word, max_len
# Call the function and print the result
max_word, max_len = find_longest()
print("Longest string is", max_word, "of length", max_len)
```
Output:
```
Longest string is hello of length 5
```