gistfile1.js

function findLongestWord(str) {
var string = str.split(" "); // so we split the string every time there is a space
    var longest = 0; // we establish that when we begin, the longest word is 0 characters long
    var word = null; // we establish that the current word is an empty variable atm
    for (var i = 0; i <= string.length - 1; i++) { //we establish that i = 0, and that i is less than or equal to the length of the compared string, if so add one to i
        if (longest < string[i].length) { // if the compared word is less than the compared word in the array...
            longest = string[i].length; // then the compared word is now the longest word
            word = string[i]; // word is equal to the string being compared atm
        }
    }
    return word.length; //output word.length from the function lol
  
}

findLongestWord("What if we try a super-long word such as otorhinolaryngology");