Build a Longest Word Finder App (Comparing Lengths) Question

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Tell us what’s happening:

I think I understand the basic structure of this project, but somehow, test cases 4, 8, and 9 do not resolve. They seem only to hit the first word that is longer before the longest word in the sentence. I can output each array[i].length in another array, but I do not understand what JavaScript methods to use to compare each of the word’s lengths in that array. I would appreciate a little guidance here.
Thanks!

Your code so far

function findLongestWordLength(string){
  const array = string.split(" ")
  console.log(array)
  let wordLength = []
  for(let i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
    if(array[i].length > array.length - array[i].length) {
      return array[i].length
    }
  }
  
}
console.log(findLongestWordLength("What if we try a super-long word such as otorhinolaryngology"))

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Build a Longest Word Finder App - Build a Longest Word Finder App

GitHub Link: freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/lab-longest-word-in-a-string/a26cbbe9ad8655a977e1ceb5.md at main · freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp · GitHub

2

I think you misunderstood the problem. You need to find the maximum length of all words, so you can create a maxLength variable and compare it with the length of each word to find the maximum. But you are comparing the total word count with each word’s length, which is wrong.

3

Thank you for your help! I found out that I had to use a Math method on an array of wordLengths to find the maxLength.