Question

Word Count for Text Boxes

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I need a word count of 300 for my Text Box area. What can I do to get this? I want it to look like the image below but cannot get this to function in Mendix. I know I can limit the characters and lines but I would like to only limit the words.

asked 2022-05-06

Kamryn Prock

3 answers

Ridvan Oksuz · Answer 1 · 2022-05-13

Hi Kamryn ,

Unfortunately, I couldn't think of an easier solution either, so I think the easiest way is to count the spaces. I wanted to make a short explanation about it. First you will need Java community commons (download from marketplace). You can split the text into words using the "String split" action in a microflow. And by counting this word list, you will reach the number of words. I'll try to picture it when I can. I hope it helps.

Regards
Ridvan

This is for demo entity

This is for showing on page . The text area should have on change event (call a microflow).

This is on change action part

This is microflow . In it you can split the text into words and then you can count it .

This is split part . The sprit parameter should be ‘ ‘ to count the spaces .

Roel Hagedoorn · Answer 2 · 2022-05-07

Count the amount of spaces used? 100 words would mean maximum of 99 spaces?

Kamryn Prock · Answer 3 · 2022-05-13

This is so helpful thank you. I will try to recreate it and let you know how it goes! Thanks again!