http://www.freecodecamp.com/fcc3b5ed711 '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: @fcc3b5ed711
// 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) {
  var words = str.split(' ');
  
  str = words[0];
  words.forEach(function(e, i) {
    if (e.length > str.length)
      str = e;
  });
  
  return str.length;
}

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