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My solution to the fifth bonfire at FreeCodeCamp Return the length of the longest word in the provided sentence. Your response should be a number.
function findLongestWord(str) {
//Splits the string into an array
var countArray = str.split(' ');
//int variable to store the longest character count.
var max = 0;
//loops through the array
//countArray.length obtains the number of elements in the array
for (var i=0; i<countArray.length; i++)
{
//creates a temporary variable test which stores the length of each string
test = countArray[i].length;
//compares the lenght of these strings to the maximum stored
if(test > max)
//if the string is longer than the stored max, this value is replaced.
max = test;
}
//returns the max stored.
return max;
}
findLongestWord("What if we try a super-long word such as otorhinolaryngology");
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