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JS ARIA character and words count
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<!DOCTYPE html> | |
<html> | |
<head> | |
<meta charset="utf-8"> | |
<title>Character & Word Count</title> | |
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> | |
<style type="text/css"> | |
body { | |
margin: 0 auto; | |
max-width: 40em; | |
width: 88%; | |
} | |
label { | |
display: block; | |
width: 100%; | |
} | |
textarea { | |
min-height: 24em; | |
width: 100%; | |
} | |
</style> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<h1 >Character & Word Count</h1> | |
<label for="text">Enter your text below.</label> | |
<textarea id="text"></textarea> | |
<p aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true">You've written <strong><span id="word-count">0</span> words</strong> and <strong><span id="character-count">0</span> characters</strong>.</p> | |
<script> | |
// Get the elements | |
let text = document.querySelector('#text'); | |
let charCount = document.querySelector('#character-count'); | |
let wordCount = document.querySelector('#word-count'); | |
// Listen for changes to the text area content | |
text.addEventListener('input', function () { | |
// Split regex: '/[\s]+/g' | |
// /regex/g specifies a global match https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_regexp_g.asp | |
let words = text.value.split(/[\s]+/g).filter(function (word) { | |
// Only count words with length | |
return word.length; | |
}); | |
// Display the characters count | |
wordCount.textContent = words.length; | |
charCount.textContent = text.value.length; | |
}); | |
</script> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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