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Code Review: Longest Sentence
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topic_12.js
function longestSentence(text) {
let biggestSentence = { sentence: null, wordCount: 0, };
while (text.length > 0) {
sentence = text.match(/^[\w\d\s,-]+\b([.!?]\s*)/i)[0];
text = text.replace(sentence, '');
sentence = sentence.trim();
let wordCount = sentence.split(' ').length;
if (biggestSentence.wordCount < wordCount) {
biggestSentence.sentence = sentence;
biggestSentence.wordCount = wordCount;
}
}
console.log(biggestSentence.sentence + '\n\n');
console.log(`The longest sentence has ${biggestSentence.wordCount} words.`);
}
longestSentence(longText);
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