jQuery <textarea> get string content

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jQuery <textarea> get string content

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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  ww. j  a  v  a2  s .  c  o  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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