http://www.freecodecamp.com/dbess1 's solution for Bonfire: Find the Longest Word in a String

bonfire-find-the-longest-word-in-a-string.js

// Bonfire: Find the Longest Word in a String
// Author: @dbess1
// Challenge: http://www.freecodecamp.com/challenges/bonfire-find-the-longest-word-in-a-string
// Learn to Code at Free Code Camp (www.freecodecamp.com)

function findLongestWord(str) {

  var allWords = str.split(" ");
  var biggestWords = 0;
  
  for(var i = 0; i < allWords.length; i++){
    if(allWords[i].length > biggestWords){
      biggestWords = allWords[i].length;
    }
    
  }
  
  return biggestWords;
}

findLongestWord("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog");