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| // Bonfire: Find the Longest Word in a String | |
| // Author: @rjmccallumbigl | |
| // Challenge: http://www.freecodecamp.com/challenges/bonfire-find-the-longest-word-in-a-string?solution=function%20findLongestWord(str)%20%7B%0A%20%20%0A%20%20var%20myArray%20%3D%20str.split(%22%20%22)%3B%0A%20%20var%20long%20%3D%200%3B%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%2F%2Freturn%20myArray%5B0%5D%3B%0A%20%20%0A%20%20for%20(var%20i%20%3D%200%3B%20i%20%3C%20myArray.length%3B%20i%2B%2B)%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20if%20(myArray%5Bi%5D.length%20%3E%20long)%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20long%20%3D%20myArray%5Bi%5D.length%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%2F%2Freturn%20str.length%3B%0A%20%20return%20long%3B%0A%7D%0A%0AfindLongestWord(%22What%20if%20we%20try%20a%20super-long%20word%20such%20as%20otorhinolaryngology%22)%3B%0A | |
| // Learn to Code at Free Code Camp (www.freecodecamp.com) | |
| function findLongestWord(str) { | |
| var myArray = str.split(" "); | |
| var long = 0; | |
| //return myArray[0]; | |
| for (var i = 0; i < myArray.length; i++){ | |
| if (myArray[i].length > long){ | |
| long = myArray[i].length; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| //return str.length; | |
| return long; | |
| } | |
| findLongestWord("What if we try a super-long word such as otorhinolaryngology"); |
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