freeCodeCamp: Find the Longest Word in a String

Return the length of the longest word in the provided sentence.

Your response should be a number.

Remember to use Read-Search-Ask if you get stuck. Write your own code.

Here are some helpful links:

• String.prototype.split()
• String.length

Starting Code:

function findLongestWord(str) {
  return str.length;
}
findLongestWord("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog");

Use Cases:

findLongestWord("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog") should return a number.
findLongestWord("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog") should return 6.
findLongestWord("May the force be with you") should return 5.
findLongestWord("Google do a barrel roll") should return 6.
findLongestWord("What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow") should return 8.
findLongestWord("What if we try a super-long word such as otorhinolaryngology") should return 19.

Solution:

function findLongestWord(str) {
  var words = str.split(' ');
  var len = 0;
  
 words.forEach(function(word){
   if(word.length > len) {
     len = word.length;
   }
 });
  
  return len;
  //return str.length;
}