Word count in textarea

[Panta]

`   <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js"></script><script>var maxwords = 250;//function check_length(obj, cnt, rem){    var ary = obj.value.split(" "); // doubled spaces will throw this off    var len = ary.length;    cnt.innerHTML = len;    rem.innerHTML = maxwords - len;    if (len > maxwords) {        alert("Message in '" + obj.name + "' limited to " + maxwords + " words.");        ary = ary.slice(0,maxwords-1);        obj.value = ary.join(" "); // truncate additional words        cnt.innerHTML = maxwords;        rem.innerHTML = 0;        return false;    }    return true;} </script>HTML   <textarea name="Message 1" onkeypress=" return check_length(this, document.getElementById('count1'), document.getElementById('remaining1'));"></textarea>Word count: <span id="count1">0</span>  Words remaining: <span id="remaining1">250</span><textarea name="Message 2" onkeypress=" return check_length(this, document.getElementById('count2'), document.getElementById('remaining2'));"></textarea>Word count: <span id="count2">0</span>  Words remaining: <span id="remaining2">500</span>

please my problem is that i want the different textarea to work according to its limit, but i notice that both uses same word limit. your help will be appreciated. thanks in advance

[Ingolme]

You want each textarea to have its own limit?

 

Inside the event handler you could start it off like this:

if(obj.name == "Message 1") {    maxwords = 250;} else {    maxwords = 300;}

[justsomeguy]

You could also pass the maximum length as another parameter to the function, or calculate the value from the sum of the count and remaining elements.

[Panta]

ok thanks so much