Jquery limit text in input box

Question

I want to limit number of chars in input text field.

Code I\'m using:

function limitText(field, maxChar){
    if ($(field).val().length > maxChar)         


        

Answer 1

you can also do it like this:

to achieve this with jQuery, you can do this:

function limitText(field, maxChar){
    $(field).attr('maxlength',maxChar);
}