http://www.freecodecamp.com/robertsheacole '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: @robertsheacole
// 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) { 
  //split string into array
  var stringToArray = str.split(' ');
  var longestWord = 0;
    //loop through the array and get the length of first item
  for (var i = 0; i < stringToArray.length; i++) {
  	
  	//compare length of first item to next item in array
  	if (longestWord < stringToArray[i].length) {
  		//if next item is longer set it as new longest
  		longestWord = stringToArray[i].length;	
  	}
  } 
  //return length of longest word
return longestWord;
}
findLongestWord("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog");