Word count

You will have to use JavaScript for this.

I created a similar exercise once in which I wanted the user to reduce a paragraph from 85 words to 33 words. My solution does not calculate a percentage but does give you the user's actual word count.

I created a text input field and assigned it a variable name called EssayText2 - I placed the 85 words in the default value field for the variable.

I added a custom button and added a trigger to execute this JavaScript when clicked.

var player = GetPlayer();
var EssayText2 = player.GetVar("EssayText2");
var EssayText2 = EssayText2 + " "; 
var initial_whitespace_rExp = /^[^A-Za-z0-9.']+/gi;
var left_trimmedStr = EssayText2.replace(initial_whitespace_rExp, "");
var non_alphanumerics_rExp = rExp = /[^A-Za-z0-9.']+/gi;
var cleanedStr = left_trimmedStr.replace(non_alphanumerics_rExp, " ");
var splitString = cleanedStr.split(" ");
var WordCount = splitString.length -1;
player.SetVar("WordCount", WordCount);

Note: the word count that the user achieved is stored in a numeric variable I created called WordCount - you will need to add %WordCount% on your slide to display the count the user achieved.

Also note: this used to work on all browers but I have not tested it in a while.

Hi, Bryan -- Looks like Nancy is giving you some great assistance here! And although we don't provide support for JavaScript coding, it may be helpful to hang onto this information on JavaScript Best Practices.

Thanks Nancy. I have just begun testingthis today. I will let you know how it went. I appreciate it.

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