Creating a character counter with a default starting value of 1 not 0

Question

I'm trying to create a visible character counter that has a default start of 1. Currently, the first letter I type displays as 0. Here is the script I have in my keystrokes:

if(!event.willCommit)
{
var nChars = event.selEnd - event.selStart;

var aFull = event.value.split("");

aFull.splice(event.selStart, nChars, event.change);

var strFull = aFull.join("");

var aWrds = strFull.split(/\s+/);\

this.getField("Text1").value=event.value.split("").length

}

I'd also like the counter to revert to 0 when the field is empty.

Thom Parker · Accepted Answer

The text field is displaying the value of the field before the keystroke. If you want to include the keystroke, then use strFull.

You also don't need to split a string to get it's length. This is a standard string property

this.getField("Text1").value = strFull.length;

Where did you find this code?

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