http://www.freecodecamp.com/vadimbrodsky '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: @vadimbrodsky
// 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) {                                               
  return str.toLowerCase().split(' ').sort(function(a, b) {                     
    if (a.length < b.length) {                                                  
      return 1;                                                                 
    } else if (a.length > b.length) {                                           
      return -1;                                                                
    } else {                                                                    
      return 0;                                                                 
    }                                                                           
  })[0].length;                                                                        
}

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