//function with regex
function LongestWord(sen) {
var longestWord = "";
//separate sentence with spaces
//remove the punctuation with regex
var arr = sen.replace(/[^\w\s\']|_/g, "").replace(/\s+/g, " ").split(" ");
var totalItems = arr.length;
//loop over the array
for(var i = 0; i < totalItems; i++){
//check if item's length is more than current longest word
if(arr[i].length > longestWord.length){
//if it is then set new longest word
longestWord = arr[i];
}
}
// code goes here
return longestWord;
}
//function without regex
function LongestWord2(sen) {
var longestWord = "";
//total length of sentence
var totalLength = sen.length;
var temp = ""
for(var i= 0; i < totalLength; i++){
//console.log("char",`${sen[i]} - ${sen[i].charCodeAt()}`);
//check if character is space or not
if(sen[i] !== " "){
if((sen[i].charCodeAt() > 64 && sen[i].charCodeAt() < 91) || (sen[i].charCodeAt() > 96 && sen[i].charCodeAt() < 123)){
temp += sen[i];
} else {
continue;
}
} else {
//console.log("temp:", temp);
if(temp.length > longestWord.length){
longestWord = temp;
}
temp = "";
}
if(i == totalLength - 1 && temp.length > longestWord.length){
longestWord = temp;
}
}
// code goes here
return longestWord;
}
// keep this function call here
console.log(LongestWord2("fun&!! time"));
