Display a count of characters and words from input fields

cw_counter.js

// CHARACTER / WORD counter demo - uses Jquery

$(document).ready(function () {

	// input with #characters and accompanying span with #c_length
	$("#characters").keyup(function() {
		$('#c_length').html($(this).val().length);
	});

	// input with #words and accompanying span with #w_length
	$("#words").keyup(function() {
		var matches = $('#words').val().match(/\b[A-Za-z]\w*/g);
		matches = (matches) ? matches.length : 0 ;
		$('#w_length').html(matches);
	});
});