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HTML
<textarea id="myWordsToCount" rows="5" cols="60"></textarea>
<span id ="WordCount">0</span> words
JavaScript
"use strict";
console.clear();
var wordCount = document.getElementById("wordCount");
var myTextareaElement = document.getElementById("myWordsToCount");
var words = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
currentIndex++;
words += wordCount[i];
}
myTextareaElement.onkeyup = function() {
var words = myWordsToCount.value.split(' ');
function wordCount(str) {
return str.split(' ').length;
document.getElementById("wordCount").innerHTML = words;
}
//varmywordsToCount.addEventListener("keyup",function() {
//myTextareaElement.value = ' ';
//console.log wordCount(' ');
//}
////wordCount.innerText = words.length;
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