text: // Counting animation
  
  $.fn.countTo = function(options) {
    options = options || {};
  
    return $(this).each(function() {
      // set options for current element
      var settings = $.extend({}, $.fn.countTo.defaults, {
        from: $(this).data('from'),
        to: $(this).data('to'),
        speed: $(this).data('speed'),
        refreshInterval: $(this).data('refresh-interval'),
        decimals: $(this).data('decimals')
      }, options);
  
      // how many times to update the value, and how much to increment the value on each update
      var loops = Math.ceil(settings.speed / settings.refreshInterval),
        increment = (settings.to - settings.from) / loops;
  
      // references & variables that will change with each update
      var self = this,
        $self = $(this),
        loopCount = 0,
        value = settings.from,
        data = $self.data('countTo') || {};
  
      $self.data('countTo', data);
  
      // if an existing interval can be found, clear it first
      if (data.interval) {
        clearInterval(data.interval);
      }
      data.interval = setInterval(updateTimer, settings.refreshInterval);
  
      // initialize the element with the starting value
      render(value);
  
      function updateTimer() {
        value += increment;
        loopCount++;
  
        render(value);
  
        if (typeof(settings.onUpdate) == 'function') {
          settings.onUpdate.call(self, value);
        }
  
        if (loopCount >= loops) {
          // remove the interval
          $self.removeData('countTo');
          clearInterval(data.interval);
          value = settings.to;
  
          if (typeof(settings.onComplete) == 'function') {
            settings.onComplete.call(self, value);
          }
        }
      }
  
      function render(value) {
        var formattedValue = settings.formatter.call(self, value, settings);
        $self.html(formattedValue);
      }
    });
  };
  
  $.fn.countTo.defaults = {
    from: 0, // the number the element should start at
    to: 0, // the number the element should end at
    speed: 1000, // how long it should take to count between the target numbers
    refreshInterval: 100, // how often the element should be updated
    decimals: 0, // the number of decimal places to show
    formatter: formatter, // handler for formatting the value before rendering
    onUpdate: null, // callback method for every time the element is updated
    onComplete: null // callback method for when the element finishes updating
  };
  
  function formatter(value, settings) {
    return value.toFixed(settings.decimals);
  }
  
  function count(options) {
    var $this = $(this);
    options = $.extend({}, options || {}, $this.data('countToOptions') || {});
    $this.countTo(options);
  }
  
  $(document).ready(function() {
    // custom formatting example
    $('.count-number').data('countToOptions', {
      formatter: function(value, options) {
        return value.toFixed(options.decimals).replace(/\B(?=(?:\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ',');
      }
    });
  
    // start all the timers
    $('.timer').each(count);
  });
  