Cut & Paste Character count

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Cut & Paste Character count

Credit: JavaScript Kit

Description: Calculate and display the number of characters within a TEXTAREA with this script. Useful, for example, in helping your visitors manually keep their input length in check!

Example:

Directions: Simply copy everything inside and paste it where you wish the script to appear:

<form method="POST"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <textarea rows="12" name="charcount" cols="60" wrap="virtual"></textarea> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"><div align="right"><p><input type="button" value="Calculate Characters" onClick="countit(this)"> <input type="text" name="displaycount" size="20"></p> <div align="center"><center><p>This free script provided by <a href="http://javascriptkit.com">JavaScript Kit</a></p> </center></div></div></td> </tr> </table> </form> <script language="JavaScript"> function countit(what){ //Character count script- by javascriptkit.com //Visit JavaScript Kit (http://javascriptkit.com) for script //Credit must stay intact for use formcontent=what.form.charcount.value what.form.displaycount.value=formcontent.length } </script>