Erm... Have you added the ' as part of the word regex?
Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 September 2003 11:37 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [ cf-dev ] OT : JS Prob > > > I have a word counter JS script which is counting words in a > form field and I think I have a problem with (uurgh) my > RegEx... ;-) I want to ensure that when a user enters say > "That's all folks" that the function actually counts > that as 3 words. At the moment, its counting it as over 3. > Am I missing > a simple regex string for it to recognise it as 3? > > here is a snippet of the crucial but > ======================== > var char_count = this_field.value.length; > var fullStr = this_field.value + " "; > var initial_whitespace_rExp = /^[^A-Za-z0-9]+/gi; > var left_trimmedStr = > fullStr.replace(initial_whitespace_rExp, ""); > var non_alphanumerics_rExp = rExp = /[^A-Za-z0-9]+/gi; > var cleanedStr = > left_trimmedStr.replace(non_alphanumerics_rExp, " "); > var splitString = cleanedStr.split(" "); > var word_count = splitString.length -1; > > ======================== > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
