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| # longest [](http://badge.fury.io/js/longest)  [](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/longest) 
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| > Get the longest item in an array.
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| 
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| ## Install with [npm](npmjs.org)
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| 
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| ```bash
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| npm i longest --save
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| ```
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| ### Install with [bower](https://github.com/bower/bower)
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| 
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| ```bash
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| bower install longest --save
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| ```
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| 
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| ## Running tests
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| Install dev dependencies.
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| 
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| ```bash
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| npm i -d && npm test
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| ```
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| 
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| ## Usage
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| 
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| ```js
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| var longest = require('longest');
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| longest(['a', 'abcde', 'abc']);
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| //=> 'abcde'
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| longest(['a', 'abcde', 'abc']).length;
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| //=> 5
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| ```
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| 
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| ## Related projects
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| * [longest-value](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/longest-value): Get the longest value for the given property from an array of objects. Useful for aligning values.
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| * [right-align-values](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/right-align-values): Right align the values of a given property for each object in an array. Useful for creating text columns or tables.
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| * [right-pad-values](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/right-pad-values): Right pad the values of a given property for each object in an array. Useful for creating text columns or tables.
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| * [repeat-string](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/repeat-string): Repeat the given string n times. Fastest implementation for repeating a string.
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| * [pad-right](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/pad-right): Right pad a string with zeros or a specified string. Fastest implementation.
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| * [pad-left](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/pad-left): Left pad a string with zeros or a specified string. Fastest implementation.  
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| 
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| ## Running tests
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| Install dev dependencies.
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| 
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| ```bash
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| npm i -d && npm test
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| ```
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| 
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| ## Contributing
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| Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/longest/issues)
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| 
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| ## Author
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| **Jon Schlinkert**
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|  
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| + [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
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| + [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert) 
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| 
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| ## License
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| Copyright (c) 2015 Jon Schlinkert  
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| Released under the MIT license
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| 
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| ***
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| 
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| _This file was generated by [verb-cli](https://github.com/assemble/verb-cli) on March 31, 2015._ |