Count characters in paragraph using jQuery (*not* for input/textarea)

Question

How do I work out in jQuery a character counter of a p/div tag?

Basically i want to show a different css value IF the character value >=50.

Been struggling for hours with it :)

Answer 1

Use

$("#myDiv").text().length;

Answer 2

var $div = $('#mydiv');
if($div.text().length >= 50) {
    $div.addClass('class');
}