Javascript Word Counter

Say you have a <textarea> and you want to retrieve info about the number of:

Characters (total)

Characters (no spaces)

Words

lines

function wordCount( val ){
 var wom = val.match(/\S+/g);
 return {
 charactersNoSpaces : val.replace(/\s+/g, '').length,
 characters : val.length,
 words : wom ? wom.length : 0,
 lines : val.split(/\r*\n/).length
 };
}

wordCount( someMultilineText ).words; // (Number of words)

Output

charactersNoSpaces : 17,
characters : 17,
words : 17,
lines : 1.

Conclusion

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