Show the number of characters in a HTML textarea while the user types - Javascript jQuery

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Show the number of characters in a HTML textarea while the user types

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<html>
   <head> 
      <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
      <script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.6.3.js"></script> 
      <script type="text/javascript">
    $(window).load(function(){/*from ww  w .j  a  v a  2s.c  o m*/
$('textarea').bind('keyup paste drop', function(e) { console.log(e.type) });
    });

      </script> 
   </head> 
   <body> 
      <textarea></textarea>
      drag me in!  
   </body>
</html>

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