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> 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

_(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_

To generate the readme, run the following command:

```sh
$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb
```

### 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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