find the longest word in a String

                                    class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Creating an array called x.
    String[] x = new String[]{"This", "Should", "return", "4"};
    // "x.length" finds the length of the array "x".
    System.out.println(x.length);
    // returns 4
  }
}

                                    function findLongestWord(str) {
  // Step 1. Split the string into an array of strings
  var strSplit = str.split(' ');
  // var strSplit = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog".split(' ');
  // var strSplit = ["The", "quick", "brown", "fox", "jumped", "over", "the", "lazy", "dog"];
	
  // Step 2. Initiate a variable that will hold the length of the longest word
  var longestWord = 0;

  // Step 3. Create the FOR loop
  for(var i = 0; i < strSplit.length; i++){
    if(strSplit[i].length > longestWord){ // If strSplit[i].length is greater than the word it is compared with...
	longestWord = strSplit[i].length; // ...then longestWord takes this new value
     }
  }
  /* Here strSplit.length = 9
     For each iteration: i = ?   i < strSplit.length?   i++  if(strSplit[i].length > longestWord)?   longestWord = strSplit[i].length
     1st iteration:        0             yes             1   if("The".length > 0)? => if(3 > 0)?     longestWord = 3
     2nd iteration:        1             yes             2   if("quick".length > 3)? => if(5 > 3)?   longestWord = 5   
     3rd iteration:        2             yes             3   if("brown".length > 5)? => if(5 > 5)?   longestWord = 5   
     4th iteration:        3             yes             4   if("fox".length > 5)? => if(3 > 5)?     longestWord = 5  
     5th iteration:        4             yes             5   if("jumped".length > 5)? => if(6 > 5)?  longestWord = 6 
     6th iteration:        5             yes             6   if("over".length > 6)? => if(4 > 6)?    longestWord = 6 
     7th iteration:        6             yes             7   if("the".length > 6)? => if(3 > 6)?     longestWord = 6
     8th iteration:        7             yes             8   if("lazy".length > 6)? => if(4 > 6)?    longestWord = 6 
     9th iteration:        8             yes             9   if("dog".length > 6)? => if(3 > 6)?     longestWord = 6 
     10th iteration:       9             no               
     End of the FOR Loop*/

  //Step 4. Return the longest word
  return longestWord; // 6
}

findLongestWord("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog");

                                    public static string getBetween(string strSource, string strStart, string strEnd)
{
    int Start, End;
    if (strSource.Contains(strStart) && strSource.Contains(strEnd))
    {
        Start = strSource.IndexOf(strStart, 0) + strStart.Length;
        End = strSource.IndexOf(strEnd, Start);
        return strSource.Substring(Start, End - Start);
    }
    else
    {
        return "";
    }
}

                                    function findLongestWord(str) {
  var longestWord = str.split(' ').sort(function(a, b) { return b.length - a.length; });
  return longestWord[0].length;
}
findLongestWord("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog");