Function to get the live word count, excluding the spaces at the end (simply splitting will count say word (note the space at the end) as 2 words.
1)
function getWordCount(wordString) {
var words = wordString.split(" ");
words = words.filter(function(words) {
return words.length > 0
}).length;
return words;
}
//add the custom validation method
jQuery.validator.addMethod("wordCount",
function(value, element, params) {
var count = getWordCount(value);
if(count >= params[0]) {
return true;
}
},
jQuery.validator.format("A minimum of {0} words is required here.")
);
2) call the validator
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#validateForm").validate({
rules: {
name1: {required: true,wordCount: [2, 1000]},
name2: {required: true,wordCount: [2, 1000]}
}
});
});
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Jayesh Patel
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