How to count the number of characters in a DIV with javascript

Question

Hi I want to be able to count the number of displayed characters in a Div with javascript/jquery. For example

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Answer 1

In case you are searching for a Vanilla Javascript solution.

Here is one with whitespace:

document.querySelectorAll('#mydiv')[0].textContent.length

Here is one without whitespace:

document.querySelectorAll('#mydiv')[0].textContent.replace(/\s/g,'').length