#!/usr/bin/env sh

# This magical spell reveals the maximum length of a list of strings.
# Usage: cast_max_length string1 string2 ...

# Define the function to calculate the maximum length of the given strings
max_length() {
  # Initialize the maximum length to 0
  max_length=0

  # Loop through the arguments and calculate the maximum length
  for string in "$@"; do
    length=${#string}
    if [ $length -gt $max_length ]; then
      max_length=$length
    fi
  done

  # Output the maximum length
  echo "Maximum length: $max_length"
}

# Check if the script is being called from another script
if [ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" = "$0" ]; then
  # If not, call the function and pass it the command line arguments
  max_length "$@"
fi