<html>
<head>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script>
function cw
(){
var str
= $
("#str").val
();
//STRING FROM "INPUT" TAG
str
= $.trim
(str
);
//TRIMS SPACES FROM LEFT & RIGHT
if(str
){
var l
= str.length;
//NUMBERS OF CHARACTERS (INCLUDING SPACES)
var words
= str.
split(" ").length;
//COUNTS WORDS BY SPLITING THEM BY ONE SPACE
//NOTE: BY DEFAULT, TWO OR MORE SPACES IN A ROW COUNT AS ONE "WORD"
for(i
=0; i
<l; i
++){
if(str.
substr(i,
2)==" "){
words
--;
//"FOR LOOP" DISQUALIFIES TWO OR MORE SPACES TO COUNT AS A "WORD"
}
}
}
else
{
words
= 0;
}
$
("#words").html
(words
);
}
</script>
<body>
<input id="str"> <input id="b" onClick="cw()" type="button" value="Count Words">
<div id=
"words"></div>
</body>
</head>
</html>
