Algorithm find longest word in a string1

JavaScript
#1

Tell us what’s happening:
typed the soln its not working

Your code so far

function findLongestWordLength(str) {

var words=str.split('');

var maxLength=0;

 for (var i=0; i<words.length;i++) {

   if (words[i].length>maxLength) {

     maxLength=words[i].length;

   }

 }

return maxLength;

}

function findLongestWordLength(str) {
var words=str.split('');
var maxLength=0;
for (var i=0; i<words.length;i++) {
  if (words[i].length>maxLength) {
    maxLength=words[i].length;
  }
}
return maxLength;
}

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Challenge: Find the Longest Word in a String

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#2

add console.log(words) inside your function to see if it’s happening what you want

#3

They is an issue with what you are assigning to your variable.

#4

What is your result? It’s difficult to find the error if we don’t know what happens whit your code. As said @ieahleen, it’s a good idea place some console messages to view what happens whit the variables trought the whole algoritm.
At first sight, i think may be a mistake in your “split” function. You used a empty string as words separator, and must be an space: ’ ', instead ‘’.

#5

Well could u elaborate

#6

@jmnqv123 Give a space inside str.split that is str.split(’ ').

#7

Of course.
When you use a function “split”; what you do is to separate a string in diferente pieces, acording to a specific parameter. For what you are looking for, you need to separate the entire string on words. For that, you must a space (" “) as separator. Then, the string will be cutted every time it find a space (between words), and will push the fragment into an array (your “words” variable).
If you use an empty string (”") instead a space (" "), the “split” function will separate not words, but characters.