find longest word in a string

Question

Currently trying to figure out how to find the longest word in as string and my research has gotten me somewhere. I found a code on SO that shows the amount of alphabets in

Answer 1

I recommend this approach:

function LongestWord(text) {
    return text
              .split(/\s+/)
              .reduce(function (record, word) {
                  if (word.length > record.length)
                      record = word;
                  return record;
              }, '');
}
console.log(LongestWord('It is obvious which is the longest word.'));

If you want to return the length of the longest word, just add .length to the end of the return.