textarea-word-count-jquery-plugin

A Word & Character Counter App Developed with jQuery

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Word counter is the minimum character counter that uses the split method and the length property to count the number of characters and words you type in a text field.

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How to make use of it:

1. Create the HTML for the character and word counter.

<div class="output">
  <div>
    <h6>WORDS</h6>
    <h3 id="words">0</h3>
  </div>
  <div>
    <h6>CHARACTERS</h6>
    <h3 id="characters">0</h3>
  </div>
</div>

2. Load the newest jQuery library within the doc.

<script src="/path/to/cdn/jquery.slim.min.js"></script>

3. Apply the character and word counter to a textual content area inside the doc.

$(document).ready(function() {
  $("#toCount").on("input", function() {
    $("#characters").text(this.value.replace(/ /g,'').length);
    $("#words").text(this.value.trim().split(" ").filter((item) => item).length);
  });
});

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