Cut & Paste Word Count

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Cut & Paste Word Count

Credit: JavaScript Kit

Description: How many times have you had to launch an entire word processor just to find out the # of words a certain paragraph contains? Why not use this script instead? If you have a site that contains forms, you could also include this script on the page to spare your visitors the hassle you once had to go through!

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Directions: Simply copy everything inside and paste it where you wish the script to appear:

<form method="POST" name="wordcount"> <script language="JavaScript"> function countit(){ /*Word count script By JavaScript Kit (http://javascriptkit.com) Over 400+ free scripts here! */ var formcontent=document.wordcount.wordcount2.value formcontent=formcontent.split(" ") document.wordcount.wordcount3.value=formcontent.length } </script> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><textarea rows="12" name="wordcount2" cols="60" wrap="virtual"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"><div align="right"><p><input type="button" value="Calculate Words" onClick="countit()"> <input type="text" name="wordcount3" size="20"></p> <div align="center"><center><p><font face="arial" size="-2">This free script provided by</font> <font face="arial, helvetica" size="-2"><a href="http://javascriptkit.com">JavaScript Kit</a></font></p> </center></div></div></td> </tr> </table> </form>

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