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Hi everyone. New here… I’m trying to add a comment to this post and I cannot. Am I missing something? Is the comment section locked? freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: Find the Longest Word in a String

I want to make a comment that for learners following the JS course, we have not learned the .split method yet so we won’t be able to answer this without looking at the solution.

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to contribute to the guide please open a thread in the #contributors subforum, posting your proposed solutions and/or hints, and also if there are already other solutions why you think your solution or explanation should be added.

Please include the link to the challenge and/or the #guide thread, and hide the solution using [details="Solution"] on the line above the solution and [/details] on the line below the solution

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Thanks @ilenia I’ll create a new thread.

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This simply did it:

function findLongestWordLength(str) {

  const word = str.split(' ');

  const newArr = word;

   newArr.sort();

   newArr.sort(function(a, b){

  

  return b.length - a.length;

});

   console.log(newArr);

 return (word[0]).length;

 

}

findLongestWordLength("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog");
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Hi @andibraheem!

Welcome to the forum!

If you would like to contribute a solution please follow @ilenia’s advice in the post above.

I’ve edited your post for readability. When you enter a code block into a forum post, please precede it with a separate line of three backticks and follow it with a separate line of three backticks to make it easier to read.

You can also use the “preformatted text” tool in the editor (</>) to add backticks around text.

Pre-formatted-text
Pre-formatted-text1356×380 401 KB

See this post to find the backtick on your keyboard.
Note: Backticks (`) are not single quotes (’).

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Thanks a lot. I’m a tech pride trying to get along. I should be better over time. Once again, thanks.

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function findLongestWordLength(str) {
  let strArray = str.split(' ');
  let biggestNum = strArray[0];
  strArray.forEach(item => {
    if(item.length > biggestNum.length){
      biggestNum = item
    }
  });
  return biggestNum.length;
}

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