jQuery <textarea> count words in string

Introduction

Find the number of words in a string using the JavaScript split() method.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>jQuery Count Number of Words in a String</title>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.min.js"></script>
<script>
    $(document).ready(function(){
        $("button").click(function(){
            var words = $.trim($("textarea").val()).split(" ");
            document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = words.length;
        });/*w  w w  .ja  v a  2 s  . co  m*/
    });
</script>
</head>
<body>
    <p id="demo"></p>
    <textarea cols="50">The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</textarea>
    <br>
    <button type="button">Count Words</button>
</body>
</html>



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