How to count the words remaining in textarea

Answer 1

sorry! your code is not working

Answer 2

after setting character limit in texarea if someone type in text box , i want to show how many character left

Answer 3

<textarea id="area"></textarea>
<script>
var words = document.getElementById("area").value
words = words.split(" ")
words_amount = words.length
//words_amount is the amount of words left.
</script>

Answer 4

You want to get the total number of characters in the text area?