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http://www.freecodecamp.com/v3rse 's solution for Bonfire: Find the Longest Word in a String
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| // Bonfire: Find the Longest Word in a String | |
| // Author: @v3rse | |
| // Challenge: http://www.freecodecamp.com/challenges/bonfire-find-the-longest-word-in-a-string?solution=function%20findLongestWord(str)%20%7B%0A%20%20%2F%2Fs%5Blit%20the%20string%0A%20%20var%20strArray%20%3D%20str.split(%22%20%22)%3B%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%2F%2Ffind%20the%20longest%20word%20in%20the%20array%0A%20%20strArray.sort(function%20(a%2Cb)%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20if(a.length%20%3C%20b.length)%7B%2F%2Fif%20a%20is%20shorter%20move%20b%20down%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20return%201%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%7Delse%20if(a.length%20%3E%20b.length)%7B%2F%2Fif%20b%20shorer%20move%20a%20down%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20return%20-1%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%7Delse%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20return%200%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D)%3B%0A%20%20console.log(strArray)%3B%0A%20%20return%20strArray%5B0%5D.length%3B%0A%7D%0A%0AfindLongestWord(%22The%20quick%20brown%20fox%20jumped%20over%20the%20lazy%20dog%22)%3B%0A | |
| // Learn to Code at Free Code Camp (www.freecodecamp.com) | |
| function findLongestWord(str) { | |
| //s[lit the string | |
| var strArray = str.split(" "); | |
| //find the longest word in the array | |
| strArray.sort(function (a,b) { | |
| if(a.length < b.length){//if a is shorter move b down | |
| return 1; | |
| }else if(a.length > b.length){//if b shorer move a down | |
| return -1; | |
| }else{ | |
| return 0; | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| console.log(strArray); | |
| return strArray[0].length; | |
| } | |
| findLongestWord("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog"); |
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