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> totalwords
</p>
JavaScript
"use strict";
console.clear();
var myWordsToCount = document.getElementById("myWordsToCount");
var wordCount = document.getElementById("wordCount");
myWordsToCount.addEventListener ("keyup", function() {
var totalwords = myWordsToCount.value.split(' ');// using the string split
wordCount.innerText = totalwords.length;
console.log(totalwords);
});