Looking for Word or character counting

For word count use split():
this.getField("Text1").value.split(" ").length
For character count just look at the length property:
this.getField("Text1").value.length

Thank you for your quick reply. I tried both scripts but neither returns a value. I placed in the calculating field under the custom calculation script. Any idea of why it didn't work?

I assume you're placing them on a different field, not the one where the text is inputted, right?
Also, you should adjust the name of the field to match the one in your file.
And, add this to the begining, as to assign the value to the field:

event.value =

Sorry guess I should have been more specific. I just noticed that I simply had an extra space which was not making the word count work correct but the character count still is not working. Suggestion?


event.value = this.getField("Text23").value.length

placed it in the custom calc script under Calculate. Thank you again for your assistance. Please reply with your company information so if I have more complex scripting that I can purchase your services.

Nevermind... figured it out kind of.. interesting..

If I type 12345679

It will not report 9 character but if I type

1234 5678

It reports 9 characters.. I requires at least one space for it to work.

To solve that change .value to .valueAsString

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