How to count the number of words in wysiwyg editor javascript?

Question

I am using WYSIWYG editor, written there and saved it.

I just want to count the number of characters I have written.

Suppose I have written "My Count is 4" , Then it should show me the count as 13

and after marking it bold or Italic the count should remain same as 13.

The code I am using to count is jQuery(selector).text().length;

But its returning me the data, along with html tags.

and if I have written "My Count is 4" in Bold in editor. The count is increasing, because its counting the html <b></b> tags also.

Please help me to find the solution.

Answer 1

Try something like this:

// firstly we'll strip the html out
var myCode = jQuery('#getMe').html();
// strip out tags and line breaks
var cleanCode = myCode.replace(/<(?:.|\n)*?>/gm, '').replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm,"").replace('&nbsp;','');

// then count as normal
var numChars = cleanCode.trim().length;

Have a look at this fiddle