Simple Wordcount

this will count words by spaces in the text

by Joel Kirchartz

HTML

<script src="http://tcorral.github.com/Cutter.js/js/versions/cutter.developer.js"></script>
<button id="gc">Get Count</button>
<div id="test">
<h1>HTML Ipsum Presents</h1>
           
<p><strong>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique</strong> senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. <em>Aenean ultricies mi vitae est.</em> Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, <code>commodo vitae</code>, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. <a href="#">Donec non enim</a> in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis.</p>

<h2>Header Level 2</h2>
           
<ol>
   <li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
   <li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ol>

<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus magna. Cras in mi at felis aliquet congue. Ut a est eget ligula molestie gravida. Curabitur massa. Donec eleifend, libero at sagittis mollis, tellus est malesuada tellus, at luctus turpis elit sit amet quam. Vivamus pretium ornare est.</p></blockquote>

<h3>Header Level 3</h3>

<ul>
   <li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
   <li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ul>

<pre><code>
#header h1 a { 
    display: block; 
    width: 300px; 
    height: 80px; 
}
</code></pre>
</div>

JavaScript

var oElement = document.getElementById("test");
Cutter.run(oElement, oElement, 100);


$("#gc").click(function(){
    /* this will count words by spaces in the text */
    var tt = $("#test").text().split(" ");
    if (typeof(console) == 'object'){    
        console.log(tt);
    }
    alert("wordcount: "+tt.length);
     
});