How to count words in JavaScript using JQuery

Question

I have a simple html text box. When I \"submit\" the form that the text box is in, I would like to get a variable with the number of words inside using Jqu

Answer 1

Using the regular expression below allow us to remove any kind of white space (single or multiples) so that the count is very accurate.

$('#name').keyup(function(){
   var wordCount = $(this).val().split(/[\s\.\?]+/).length;
   console.log(wordCount);
});

See this jQuery plugin I have developed:

https://github.com/mcdesignpro/maxLenght