I know that usually you want to strip these out, but I need the true char count and I can't find out how to get it...
Thanks for the help
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A:
What's wrong with .length? That counts line breaks as characters (I assume you meant a line break by 'ENTER'?)
chigley
2010-10-07 20:19:58
I'm calling .text().length and it's stripping them out. According to what I've read, .text() removes all formatting chars.
Keith Myers
2010-10-07 20:22:28
@Keith - don't use `$.text()` then! From the manual: "Due to variations in the HTML parsers in different browsers, the text returned may vary in newlines and other white space." Because of this it wouldn't be a reliable option anyway!
chigley
2010-10-07 20:23:56
Telling me it doesn't work isn't very useful... I knew that already. I was hoping for an alternative that DOES work.
Keith Myers
2010-10-07 20:37:06
@Keith - how about you post some code then? Not all of it, just the relevant snippet. What are you trying to count the characters of? Document? Input? Paragraph?
chigley
2010-10-07 20:45:32
A:
Use the length property on any string to get its character count. E.g.
'this is an example string'.length // == 26
or, for jQuery:
$('#my_textarea').html().length
N.B. use html() not text() to avoid having jQuery do things like removing line-breaks.
lonesomeday
2010-10-07 20:21:24