jQuery count characters and add class

Question

Is it possible to use jQuery to count how many characters are in, for example, an

, and if the amount is greater than XX characters, apply a class to

Answer 1

You can get the amount of characters in a string by doing this a.length, where a is a string.

$('a').each(function(){
 if($(this).text().length > XX){
  $(this).addClass('someClass');
 }
});