# longest

> Get the longest item in an array.

Latest version **2.0.1** (published 2017-05-26) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install longest
pnpm add longest
yarn add longest
bun add longest
```

## Health

**Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.1 |
| Published | 2017-05-26 |
| First published | 2014-01-14 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | >=0.10.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 30 |
| Author | Jon Schlinkert |
| Maintainers | jonschlinkert, shinnn, doowb |
| Keywords | array, element, item, length, long, longest |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/longest
- Repository: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/longest
- Issues: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/longest/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/longest

## Recent versions

- 2.0.1 (latest) — 2017-05-26
- 2.0.0 — 2017-05-04
- 1.0.1 — 2015-03-31
- 1.0.0 — 2015-02-24
- 0.3.2 — 2015-02-24
- 0.3.1 — 2015-01-21
- 0.3.0 — 2014-11-28
- 0.2.1 — 2014-03-28
- 0.2.0 — 2014-03-28
- 0.1.0 — 2014-01-14

## README

# longest [![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/longest.svg?style=flat)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/longest) [![NPM monthly downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/longest.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/longest) [![NPM total downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dt/longest.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/longest) [![Linux Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/jonschlinkert/longest.svg?style=flat&label=Travis)](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/longest)

> Get the longest item in an array.

## Install

Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):

```sh
$ npm install --save longest
```

## Install

Install with [bower](https://bower.io/)

```sh
$ bower install longest --save
```

## Usage

```js
var longest = require('longest');
longest(['a', 'abcde', 'abc']);
//=> 'abcde'

longest(['a', 'abcde', 'abc']).length;
//=> 5
```

## About

### Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).

### Contributors

| **Commits** | **Contributor** | 
| --- | --- |
| 25 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
| 4 | [shinnn](https://github.com/shinnn) |
| 1 | [kevva](https://github.com/kevva) |
| 1 | [kemitchell](https://github.com/kemitchell) |

### Building docs

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```sh
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### Running tests

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

```sh
$ npm install && npm test
```

### Author

**Jon Schlinkert**

* [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
* [twitter/jonschlinkert](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)

### License

Copyright © 2017, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).

***

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