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JS Character count in textarea
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Character Count</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<style type="text/css">
body {
margin: 0 auto;
max-width: 40em;
width: 88%;
}
label {
display: block;
width: 100%;
}
textarea {
min-height: 24em;
width: 100%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Character Count</h1>
<label for="text">Enter your text below.</label>
<textarea id="text"></textarea>
<p>You've written <strong><span id="character-count">0</span> characters</strong>.</p>
<script>
// Your code goes here...
let textArea = document.getElementById('text');
let counterText = document.getElementById('character-count');
function showCount() {
counterText.textContent = textArea.value.length;
}
textArea.oninput = showCount;
</script>
</body>
</html>
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