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somatonic/TextAreaCounter.js

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TextAreaCounter.js
(function($){
$(function(){
$('textarea[data-maxlength]').each(function(){
$(this).bind("keyup change", function(){
var count = $(this).attr('data-maxlength') - $(this).val().replace(/\r?\n/g, '\r\n').length;
$(this).parent().find("span.counter span").text(count);
});
});
});
})(jQuery);
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