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Count the words
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< HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT>
function countWords(str){
var count = 0;
words = str.split(" ");
for (i=0 ; i < words.length ; i++){
// inner loop -- do the count
if (words[i] != "")
count += 1;
}
document.theForm.results.value =
"There are " +
count +
" words in the text string you entered!";
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM name="theForm">
Enter a text string:
<TEXTAREA name=inStr rows=5 cols=90>
</TEXTAREA>
<INPUT type=button value="Count Words" onClick="countWords(document.theForm.inStr.value)";>
<INPUT type=button name="theButton" value="Clear Results" onClick='document.theForm.results.value=""';>
Results<br>
<TEXTAREA name=results rows=5 cols=90>
</TEXTAREA>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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