JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by alexdickson

HTML

<li id='list_id'>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="checkbox" name="check"><span>&nbsp;</span>good&nbsp;
    </li>

JavaScript

var listItem = $('#list_id');
    
    var clone = listItem.clone();
     
    clone.find('*').remove();
    
    var html = $.trim(clone.html());

    var count = 0;
    var match = '&nbsp;';
    

   while (html.substr(0, match.length) === match) {
       count++;
       html = html.substr(count * match.length, (count * match.length) + match.length);
   }
    

   alert(count);