Basic Algorithm Scripting - Find the Longest Word in a String

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I solved this problem but was a bit confused on the regex flag’s. How come when using the /i flag it will return an array with 4 values: the string matched , index value, input value and groups value.

I’ve already solved the problem just wanted some clarification on how the i flag works.

  **Your code so far**
function findLongestWordLength(str) {
let maxLength = 0;
let myRegex = /\S*\w+\S/g // why does this code return an array with proper values 
let iRegex = /\S*\w+\S/i // but this code returns an array with 4 values 'The' index value, input value and groups value
let wordArr = str.match(iRegex);
console.log(wordArr = str.match(iRegex))
for (let i = 0; i < wordArr.length; i++){
  if (wordArr[i].length > maxLength){
    maxLength = wordArr[i].length;
  }
}
return maxLength;
}

console.log(findLongestWordLength("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog"))


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Challenge: Basic Algorithm Scripting - Find the Longest Word in a String

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The i flag just does a case insensitive search.

Not sure why you think it is affecting the return value?

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