find the kth longest word in a string in ruby

main.rb
def kth_longest_word(str, k)
  # Split the string into an array of words
  words = str.split(" ")
  
  # Sort the array of words by their length in descending order
  sorted_words = words.sort_by { |word| -word.length }
  
  # Access the kth element of the sorted array to get the kth longest word
  sorted_words[k-1]
end
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main.rb
str = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua."
kth = 3

puts kth_longest_word(str, kth) # Output: "consectetur"
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