Thanks Pete! Much appreciated..
On 4/12/07, Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> IE 7 represents a newline as chr(13)&chr(10) - 2 bytes
>
> and
>
> FF 2 as chr(10) - 1 byte
>
> <textarea>
> 0123456789
> 0123456789
> 0123456789
> 0123456789
> </textarea>
>
> Using the above data
>
> IE gives: 40 chars + 4 Newlines * (2 chars) = 48 chars
> FF gives: 40 chars + 4 Newlines * (1 char) = 44 chars
>
> so all we need to do is remove the chr(13) from the string using the
> following js
>
> var text = document.getElementById('test').value;
> newText = text.replace(/\n/g,'');
>
> if you don't want to count the newlines at all then
>
> newtext = text.replace(/\r|\n/g,'');
>
> which will report 40 chars in IE and FF
>
> Cheers,
> Pete
>
>
> On Apr 12, 6:49 am, "Taco Fleur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Thanks Mark, that's really comforting that I am not alone.. but still
> have
> > to search for a solution ;-)
> >
> > On 4/11/07, Mark Mandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Just so you know, I hit this bug also ages ago where the length given
> > > by FF and the length given by IE were totally different.
> >
> > > I forget what the workaround was... but know that you aren't alone ;o)
> >
> > > Mark
> >
> > > --
> > > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > W:www.compoundtheory.com
> >
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> > Taco Fleur -http://www.pacificfox.com.au
> > Web Design, Web development, Graphic Design and Complete Internet
> Solutions
> > an industry leader with commercial IT experience since 1994 ...
>
>
> >
>
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