Mega Code Archive
Counting the Words in a Text String
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<html>
<body>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.2">
function countWords(str){
var count = 0;
var words = str.split(" ");
for (i=0 ; i < words.length ; i++){
if (words[i] != "")
count += 1;
}
document.theForm.results.value = "There are " + count + " words in the text string you entered!";
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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