Find the Longest Word in a String-Code Works-Challenge doesn't accept solution

JavaScript
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Your code so far

var ourArray = [];

function findLongestWord(str) {
  array = str.split(" ");
   for(var i=0; i<array.length; i++) {
ourArray.push(array[i].length); 
   }
  ourArray.sort(function(a,b) {
    return b-a;
  });
  return ourArray[0];
}

findLongestWord("May the force be with you");

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Hey
Declare ourArray inside the function.It will work fine.

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You are the man!! Thx a lot mate. Cheers.

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