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Return the length of the longest word in the provided sentence.
function findLongestWord(str) {
var strArray = str.toUpperCase().split(' ').sort();
var longest = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < strArray.length; i++) {
if (strArray[i].length > longest) {
longest = strArray[i].length;
}
}
return longest;
}
findLongestWord("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog");
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