Word counter

gistfile1.js

function countIt() {
    var wordcount = 0;
    var text = document.wordcounter.allthosewords.value;
    for (i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {

        if (text[i] === " ") {
            wordcount++;
        }
        // special code needed for the smartasses that type in only one word
        // special code needed for the smartasses that end their text with one or more spaces

    }

    if (wordcount === 0) {
        results.innerHTML = "Hey, champion. Can't you count to zero by yourself? How about pasting some real text."
    } else if (0 < wordcount && wordcount < 500) {
        results.innerHTML = "Your text consists of <i>" + text.length + " characters</i> and <i>" + (wordcount + 1) + " words</i>. Sorry, not impressed. <br/><br/> <img src='http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8tmyoMNZA1ruser4.jpg'>";
    } else {
        results.innerHTML = "Your text consists of <i>" + text.length + " characters</i> and <i>" + (wordcount + 1) + " words</i>. Which is pretty fucking impressive.";
    }

}

Vielen Dank für die ausführliche Kritik. Leuchtet alles ein. Und bestätigt mich insofern, dass ich im Rahmen meiner Möglichkeiten alles richtig gemacht habe.

text.match(/\w+\W*/g) muss man ja erstmal kennen, so als n00b.

V2: https://gist.github.com/3853898