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

Is very useful to remove whitespaces from the beginning and end of the string usign $.trim(). You can use keyup event for a realtime counting.

$('#name').keyup(function(){
    var words = $.trim($(this).val()).split(' ');
    console.log(words.length);
});