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http://www.freecodecamp.com/akiltipu 's solution for Bonfire: Find the Longest Word in a String
// Bonfire: Find the Longest Word in a String
// Author: @akiltipu
// Challenge: http://www.freecodecamp.com/challenges/bonfire-find-the-longest-word-in-a-string?solution=function%20findLongestWord(str)%20%7B%0A%20%20var%20max_len%20%3D%200%3B%0A%0A%20%20var%20new_str%20%3D%20str.split(%27%20%27)%3B%0A%20%20for%20(var%20i%20%3D%200%3B%20i%20%3C%20new_str.length%3B%20i%2B%2B)%7B%0A%09if(new_str%5Bi%5D.length%20%3E%20max_len)%7B%0A%09%09max_len%20%3D%20new_str%5Bi%5D.length%3B%0A%09%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20return%20max_len%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) {
var max_len = 0;
var new_str = str.split(' ');
for (var i = 0; i < new_str.length; i++){
if(new_str[i].length > max_len){
max_len = new_str[i].length;
}
}
return max_len;
}
findLongestWord("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog");
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