JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Bryan Dellinger

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.4/css/bootstrap.min.css">

  <div class="form-group">
    <label >Enter Text</label>
      <textarea class="form-control"></textarea>
  <button  class="btn btn-default" id="btn">find longest word</button>

JavaScript

$('#btn').click(function(){
      var data = $("textarea" ).val().split(" ");
      data = data.sort(function(a, b){return b.length-a.length});
      alert(data[0]);
});