INPUT - Text Character Counter Non-filtering - Roll Your Own

by bizamajig

HTML

<textarea id="myInput"></textarea>
Counter: <span id="charCount"></span>

JavaScript

var $input = $('#myInput'),
    $output = $('#charCount'),
    re_strip = /\{.*?\}/g;

$input.keyup(function ()
{
    var val = $(this).val();
    val = val.replace(re_strip, '');
    $output.text(val.length);
});