# Return the length of the longest word in the provided sentence.

# Your response should be a number.

def find_longest_word_in(string):

longest = 0

# turn string into list

list = string.split()

# loop through list

for word in list:

# check length of each against variable 'longest'

if len(word) > longest:

longest = len(word)

# if length of word is > 'longest' - make it the longest

# at end of looping return longest

return longest

print(find_longest_word_in("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog"))

# should return 6