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+program last_word;
+
+{$mode objfpc}{$H+}
+
+type TCharSet = set of Char;
+
+function LastWord(const aPhrase: string; separators: TCharSet): String;
+var L, p: integer;
+begin
+	L := Length(aPhrase);
+
+	if (L=0) or (separators=[]) then Exit('');
+
+  for p := L downto 1 do
+	if not (aPhrase[p] in separators)
+	then
+		Result := aPhrase[p] + Result
+	else Break;
+end;
+
+var s: string;
+begin
+	repeat
+	  Write('Enter a phrase (or nothing to Quit): ');
+	  ReadLn(s);
+	  WriteLn('The last word of "', s, '" is: "', LastWord(s, [' ']), '"');
+	until (s='')
+end.