I agree Liam. If you are doing a letter count then spaces punctuation etc all count towards your supposed limit. Word Counts are typically useless. :|
On Jul 27, 3:09 pm, Liam Byrne <l...@onsight.ie> wrote: > A letter count is FAR easier - just get the string's length. > > L > > Rick Faircloth wrote: > > Is it as simple to do a letter count? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On > > Behalf Of Liam Potter > > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 6:53 AM > > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com > > Subject: [jQuery] Re: How to deterine number of words in a string? > > > or if you really do want it as a plugin > > > Plugin: > > (function($){ > > $.fn.stringCount = function() { > > > var string = this.text(); > > var count = string.split(" "); > > var result = count.length; > > > return result > > } > > })(jQuery); > > > Use: > > $(function(){ > > alert( $("span.string").stringCount() ); > > }); > > > Liam Potter wrote: > > >> you don't need a plugin, this will do it > > >> var string = $("span.string").text(); > >> var count = string.split(" "); > >> alert(count.length); > > >> Conrad Cheng wrote: > > >>> Hi all, > >>> Any jquery plugin can check number of word in a string instead using > >>> of .length?... > > >>> Many thanks. > > >>> Conrad > > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >>> No virus found in this incoming message. > >>> Checked by AVG -www.avg.com > >>> Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.32/2266 - Release Date: > >>> 07/27/09 05:58:00
