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HTML
<textarea id=test maxlength=10></textarea>length = <span id=length>0</span>
JavaScript
$(function () {
$('#test').keyup(function () {
var x = $('#test').val();
var newLines = x.match(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/g);
var addition = 0;
if (newLines != null) {
addition = newLines.length;
}
$('#length').html(x.length + addition);
})
})