<script
language="javascript"
type="text/javascript">
function
CountWords (this_field,
show_word_count,
show_char_count)
{
if
(show_word_count
==
null)
{
show_word_count
=
true;
}
if
(show_char_count
==
null)
{
show_char_count
=
false;
}
var
char_count =
this_field.value.length;
var
fullStr =
this_field.value
+
" ";
var
initial_whitespace_rExp =
/^[^A-Za-z0-9]+/gi;
var
left_trimmedStr =
fullStr.replace(initial_whitespace_rExp,
"");
var
non_alphanumerics_rExp =
rExp =
/[^A-Za-z0-9]+/gi;
var
cleanedStr =
left_trimmedStr.replace(non_alphanumerics_rExp,
" ");
var
splitString =
cleanedStr.split("
");
var
word_count =
splitString.length
-1;
if
(fullStr.length
<2)
{
word_count
=
0;
}
if
(word_count
==
1)
{
wordOrWords
=
" word";
}
else
{
wordOrWords
=
" words";
}
if
(char_count
==
1)
{
charOrChars
=
" character";
}
else
{
charOrChars
=
" characters";
}
if
(show_word_count
&
show_char_count)
{
alert
("Word
Count:\n"
+
" "
+
word_count +
wordOrWords +
"\n"
+
" "
+
char_count +
charOrChars);
}
else
{
if
(show_word_count)
{
alert
("Word
Count: "
+
word_count +
wordOrWords);
}
else
{
if
(show_char_count)
{
alert
("Character
Count: "
+
char_count +
charOrChars);
}
}
}
return
word_count;
}
</script>
<form>
<textarea
cols=40
rows=5
name=x>
</textarea>
<br>
<input
type=button
value="Count
Words"
OnClick
="CountWords(this.form.x,
true, true);">
</form>
