Solution for FreeCodeCamp's Find the Longest Word in a String
function findLongestWord(str) {
strArr = str.split(/\b/);
var longest = 0;
for(var x = 0; x < strArr.length; x+=1) {
if (strArr[x].length > longest) {
longest = strArr[x].length;
}
}
return longest;
}
findLongestWord("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog");