/* 
 
Recursive function:
 
 - Load the lengths of each word in the string into an array
 - Check if the end of the array has been reached
   > if yes return value in maxLength
   > if no compare adjacent elements of word lengths and keep the larger
 
*/
 
 
function findLongestWord(str) {
  var maxLength;
  var sizeList = str.split(" ");
  sizeList.replace(/./ , sizeList.length());
 
  if(!sizeList) {
    return maxLength;
  } else {
    maxLength = sizeList[i] < sizeList[i + 1];
    findLongestWord(i++);
  }
 
  return str.length;
}
 
findLongestWord("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog");
 

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