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id: a26cbbe9ad8655a977e1ceb5
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title: Find the Longest Word in a String
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isRequired: true
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challengeType: 5
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---
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## Description
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<section id='description'>
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Return the length of the longest word in the provided sentence.
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Your response should be a number.
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Remember to use <a href="http://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/how-to-get-help-when-you-are-stuck/19514" target="_blank">Read-Search-Ask</a> if you get stuck. Write your own code.
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</section>
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## Instructions
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<section id='instructions'>
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</section>
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## Tests
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<section id='tests'>
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```yml
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tests:
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- text: <code>findLongestWordLength("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog")</code> should return a number.
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testString: 'assert(typeof findLongestWordLength("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog") === "number", ''<code>findLongestWordLength("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog")</code> should return a number.'');'
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- text: <code>findLongestWordLength("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog")</code> should return 6.
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testString: 'assert(findLongestWordLength("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog") === 6, ''<code>findLongestWordLength("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog")</code> should return 6.'');'
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- text: <code>findLongestWordLength("May the force be with you")</code> should return 5.
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testString: 'assert(findLongestWordLength("May the force be with you") === 5, ''<code>findLongestWordLength("May the force be with you")</code> should return 5.'');'
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- text: <code>findLongestWordLength("Google do a barrel roll")</code> should return 6.
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testString: 'assert(findLongestWordLength("Google do a barrel roll") === 6, ''<code>findLongestWordLength("Google do a barrel roll")</code> should return 6.'');'
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- text: <code>findLongestWordLength("What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow")</code> should return 8.
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testString: 'assert(findLongestWordLength("What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow") === 8, ''<code>findLongestWordLength("What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow")</code> should return 8.'');'
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- text: <code>findLongestWordLength("What if we try a super-long word such as otorhinolaryngology")</code> should return 19.
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testString: 'assert(findLongestWordLength("What if we try a super-long word such as otorhinolaryngology") === 19, ''<code>findLongestWordLength("What if we try a super-long word such as otorhinolaryngology")</code> should return 19.'');'
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```
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</section>
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## Challenge Seed
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<section id='challengeSeed'>
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<div id='js-seed'>
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```js
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function findLongestWordLength(str) {
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return str.length;
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}
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findLongestWordLength("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog");
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```
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</div>
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</section>
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## Solution
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<section id='solution'>
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```js
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function findLongestWordLength(str) {
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return str.split(' ').sort((a, b) => b.length - a.length)[0].length;
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}
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findLongestWordLength("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog");
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```
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</section>
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