Quick and dirty way of doing it could be to split(" ") the textarea
into an array and then get the length of the array ?On Apr 7, 2005 5:13 PM, JRose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > greetings list, > > I need to count the words in a textarea and validate client side that it > doesn't exceed a certain number. > > We have been trying to use regular expressions to count the words. Is > there a way to count the words in a string and return the number of words > to test against this value. We would then trim out the extra words and > send them back to the form. > > We have it working using indexOf and only checking for spaces, but run into > problems when there are tabs in the textarea. > > thanks and kind regards, > Jeffrey > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:21:865 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/21 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:21 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.21 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
