How to count the number of characters in a DIV with javascript

Question

Hi I want to be able to count the number of displayed characters in a Div with javascript/jquery. For example

<div id=mydiv>
<p>This is my div!</p>
</div>

I want to get the number 15 since that's how many chars in the div including spaces.

Thanks!

Answer 1

$('#mydiv').text().length

should do the trick.

Answer 2

Try this. I am trimming to avoid any white spaces in the content start or end.

$.trim($("#mydiv").text()).length

If you want to keep spaces also in the count then don't trim it just use this.

$("#mydiv").text().length