JavaScript - Simple Word Counter

Submitted by razormist on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 19:13.

In this tutorial we will create a Simple Word Counter using JavaScript. JavaScript is a scripting or programming language that allows you to implement complex things on web pages. It is widely used in designing a stunning website. It is an interpreted programming language that has a capabilities of Object-Oriented. So Let's do the coding...

Getting started:

First you have to download bootstrap framework, this is the link for the bootstrap that i used for the layout design https://getbootstrap.com/.

The Main Interface

This code contains the interface of the application. To create this just write these block of code inside the text editor and save this as index.html.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
        <head>
                <meta charset="UTF-8" name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/>
                <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/bootstrap.css"/>
        </head>
<body>
        <nav class="navbar navbar-default">
                <div class="container-fluid">
                        <a class="navbar-brand" href="https://sourcecodester.com">Sourcecodester</a>
                </div>
        </nav>
        <div class="col-md-3"></div>
        <div class="col-md-6 well">
                <h3 class="text-primary">JavaScript - Simple Word Counter</h3>
                <hr style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"/>
                <div class="col-md-2"></div>
                <div class="col-md-8">
                        <div class="form-group">
                                <textarea class="form-control" id="dataInput" style="resize:none; height:250px;" onkeyup="countWords()"></textarea>
                        </div>
                        <h5>Words: <span id="count">0</span></h5>
                        <h5>Characters: <span id="chars">0</span></h5>
                </div>
        </div>
<script src="js/script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Creating the Script

This code contains the script of the application. This code will start to count the word and characters every time the user input something in the inputs. To do this just copy and write these block of codes as shown below inside the text editor and save it as script.js inside the js folder.

function countWords() {
        var text = document.getElementById("dataInput").value;
        var wordCount, countChars;
        
        if(text == ""){
                wordCount = 0;
                countChars = 0;
        }else{
                var regex = /\s+/gi;
                wordCount = text.trim().replace(regex, ' ').split(' ').length;
                countChars = text.length;
        }
        
        
        document.getElementById("count").innerHTML = wordCount;
        document.getElementById("chars").innerHTML = countChars;
        
}

There you have it we successfully created a Simple Word Counter using JavaScript. I hope that this simple tutorial help you to what you are looking for. For more updates and tutorials just kindly visit this site. Enjoy Coding!

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