University of California - An excellent word count system

textUtils.js

var numInstancesCRLFs = countInstances(inputText, '\r\n');
if (numInstancesCRLFs > 0) {
    padLengthBy = numInstancesCRLFs * 4;
    charCounter = charCounter + padLengthBy;
}
else {
    var numInstancesLFCRs = countInstances(inputText, '\n\r');
    if (numInstancesLFCRs > 0) {
        padLengthBy = numInstancesLFCRs * 4;
        charCounter = charCounter + padLengthBy;
    } else {
        var numInstancesCRs = countInstances(inputText, '\r');
        if (numInstancesCRs > 0) {
            padLengthBy = numInstancesCRs * 4;
            charCounter = charCounter + padLengthBy;
        } else {
            var numInstancesLFs = countInstances(inputText, '\n');
            if (numInstancesLFs > 0) {
                padLengthBy = numInstancesLFs * 4;
                charCounter = charCounter + padLengthBy;
            }
        }
    }
}