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Find the Longest Word in a String separated with spaces(only)
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// Bonfire: Find the Longest Word in a String separated with spaces(only) | |
// Author: @serhiilihus | |
// Challenge: http://www.freecodecamp.com/challenges/bonfire-find-the-longest-word-in-a-string?solution=function%20findLongestWord(str)%20%7B%0A%20%20str%20%2B%3D%20%22%20%22%3B%0A%20%20var%20maxLength%20%3D%200%3B%0A%20%20while%20(%20str.indexOf(%22%20%22)%20%3E%200%20)%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20str%20%3D%20str.substr(str.indexOf(%22%20%22)%2B1%2Cstr.length)%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20if%20(%20str.indexOf(%22%20%22)%20%3E%20maxLength%20)%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20maxLength%20%3D%20str.indexOf(%22%20%22)%3B%0A%20%20%7D%20%20%0A%20%20return%20maxLength%3B%0A%7D%0A%0AfindLongestWord(%22The%20quick%20brown%20fox%20jumped%20over%20the%20lazy%20dog%22)%3B%0A | |
// Learn to Code at Free Code Camp (www.freecodecamp.com) | |
function findLongestWord(str) { | |
str += " "; | |
var maxLength = 0; | |
while ( str.indexOf(" ") > 0 ) { | |
str = str.substr(str.indexOf(" ")+1,str.length); | |
if ( str.indexOf(" ") > maxLength ) | |
maxLength = str.indexOf(" "); | |
} | |
return maxLength; | |
} |
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