How to limit the number of characters entered in a text area

Question

Here\'s my attempt at limiting the number of characters entered into a text area:

var limit = 255;
var txt = $(\'textarea[id$=txtPurpose]\');

$(txt).keyup(f         


        

Answer 1

Though this question is pretty old. If I was you I do something very simple like

This would limit the users to enter only 255 characters in the textarea.