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Kyle Yeo
Kyle Yeo

Reputation: 2368

Counting letters / characters in jQuery

I searched online and looked at the API Docs on how to count characters, and I'm currently using this: $('.test').val().length;

However, it's not working at all.

My div looks like this: <div class="test">Count These Letters</div>

I expect $('.test').val().length; to return 19, but instead its returning 1... am I using the wrong function?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 71

Answers (1)

Chris Dixon
Chris Dixon

Reputation: 9167

For text, you'll need .text(), like this:

 $('.test').text().length

Upvotes: 6

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