JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Jordan Marechal
HTML
<p>
<textarea id="myWordsToCount" rows="5" cols="60"></textarea>
<p>
<p>
<span id ="WordCount">0</span> words
</p>
JavaScript
"use strict";
console.clear();
var wordCount = document.getElementById("wordCount");
var myWordsToCount = document.getElementById("myWordsToCount");
myTextareaElement.value = ' ';
mywordsToCount.addEventListener("keyup",function() {
var words = myWordsToCount.value.split(' ');
wordCount.innerText = words.length;
return str.split(' ').length;
});
// console.log(myTextareaElement);
//myTextareaElement.onkeyup = function() {
//function myWordsToCount(str)
//