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HTML

<textarea id="textArea" rows="3" cols="25"></textarea>
<br />
<input type="button" id="split" value="Split" />

JavaScript

$('#split').click(function(){
    var textAreaContent = $('#textArea').val();
    //split the string i.e.., textArea content
    var splittedArray = textAreaContent.split(/\W+/);
    console.log("Splitted Array is "+splittedArray);
    var lengthOfsplittedArray = splittedArray.length;
    console.log('lengthOfText '+lengthOfsplittedArray);
});