Character Counter for textarea/inputfield

by Joe Saad

HTML

<textarea maxlength="5"></textarea>
<span id='count'></span><br />
<span id='errd'></span>

JavaScript

$(function() {
    $('textarea').keyup(function() {
        $('span#count').html($(this).val().length);
        if ($(this).val().length > 4) {
            $('span#errd').html('you can\'t exceed 5 chars');
        }
        else {
            $('span#errd').html('');
        }
    });
});