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longestWord

Language/Type: JavaScript arrays
Author: Melissa Medsker-Galloway (on 2016/11/18)

Write a function named longestWord that accepts an array of Strings and returns the String that has the longest length. If more than one String in the array has the longest length, you the function should return the String that occurs last in the array. If the passed array is empty, the method should return an empty String.

For example, if an array named pokemon stores the following Strings: 

["Pikachu", "Entei", "Mew", "Suicune", "Lugia", "Arcanine"]

The call of longestWord(pokemon) should return Arcanine.

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This is a function problem. Write a JavaScript function as described. Do not write a complete program; just the function(s) above.

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