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Finally, an easy way to count the number of words that are entered into a form!
Full version: jsB@nk » Utility » Counter-Limitation » Word Count script
URL: https://www.javascriptbank.com/word-count-script.html
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">// Shawn Seley<!-- Beginfunction CountWords (this_field, show_word_count, show_char_count) {if (show_word_count == null) {show_word_count = true;}if (show_char_count == null) {show_char_count = false;}var char_count = this_field.value.length;var fullStr = this_field.value + " ";var initial_whitespace_rExp = /^[^A-Za-z0-9]+/gi;var left_trimmedStr = fullStr.replace(initial_whitespace_rExp, "");var non_alphanumerics_rExp = rExp = /[^A-Za-z0-9]+/gi;var cleanedStr = left_trimmedStr.replace(non_alphanumerics_rExp, " ");var splitString = cleanedStr.split(" ");var word_count = splitString.length -1;if (fullStr.length <2) {word_count = 0;}if (word_count == 1) {wordOrWords = " word";}else {wordOrWords = " words";}if (char_count == 1) {charOrChars = " character";} else {charOrChars = " characters";}if (show_word_count & show_char_count) {alert ("Word Count:\n" + " " + word_count + wordOrWords + "\n" + " " + char_count + charOrChars);}else {if (show_word_count) {alert ("Word Count: " + word_count + wordOrWords);}else {if (show_char_count) {alert ("Character Count: " + char_count + charOrChars); } }}return word_count;}// End --></script><!-- This script downloaded from www.JavaScriptBank.com Come to view and download over 2000+ free javascript at www.JavaScriptBank.com--><form><textarea cols=40 rows=5 name=x></textarea><br><input type=button value="Count Words" OnClick ="CountWords(this.form.x, true, true);"></form><!-- This script downloaded from www.JavaScriptBank.com Come to view and download over 2000+ free javascript at www.JavaScriptBank.com-->