Javascript guru needed!

I'm looking for a javascript guru to help me change this script, since I'm javascript-stupid:

What this script does is count the number of characters in the texg box, but what I need it to do is to count the number of words.

If you can help me, I'll give you a hug afterwords.

Thanks,
Matt

OH GRRRR, I can't get the "CODE" tags to work here. I'll post a .txt file. --> http://www.rdi1.com/code.txt


[code]

onClick="countit(this)"> This free script provided by JavaScript Kit

[/code]

Damn.. I'd love to help, but I just returned from a field trip to the bar, and I'm pretty much drunk.. :D

I'd say that instead of using the "formcontent.length", you should count the spaces in the input value.

This could be done with regExp, either in JS, or PHP, or whatever. :p

In PHP, I'd (with my n00b "skills") put a strchr(" ",$string)...
but I'm sure that it'd just return "true" or "false"... There are probably multiple ways of COUNTING the occurances of the space, but I'll let Joe handle that, because he's at a "party" playing xbox or something, and no beer is involved.. :D:D

And yes, there is a way of doing this client side, as I understand you need to be done... I just haven't got my bible for JS here right now.. I'm sure someone else will know the answer for this....so..anywho, I'm off to bed. Night. :o:D

ROFL!

LMAO@paav.

Sorry i can't help mattboy

Found a "word count" javascript this morning.

http://javascriptkit.com/script/script2/countwords.shtml

If anyone can help me edit this so that it takes the number of words times, say, .25, and output that number as a dollar amount, I will give you a big hug.

Thanks

here ya go:
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var formcontent=document.wordcount.wordcount2.value
formcontent=formcontent.split(" ")
document.wordcount.wordcount3.value="$" + formcontent.length * .25
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all i changed was the last line (which probably wraps over onto another line) i don't exactly know what you mean by dollar amount but i assumed you meant put a $ symbol in front of the result.