word count method
<p>I have recently used modified a word count method in javascript for my website, so that it counts the intial amount words in the textarea, but it doesn't quite work </p>

<pre><code>function wordCounter(field,countfield)
{
    var maxlimit = 200;
    var wordcounter = maxlimit - information.value.split(' ').length;
    for (x = 0; x &lt; field.value.length; x++) 
    {
        if(field.value.charAt(x) == " " &amp;&amp; field.value.charAt(x-1) != " ") // Counts the spaces while ignoring double spaces, usually one in between each word.
        {
            wordcounter++ 
        }

        if (wordcounter &gt; 250) 
        {
            field.value = field.value.substring(0, x);
        }
        else
        {
            countfield.value = maxlimit - wordcounter;
        }
    }
}
</code></pre>
