Word Count for Multiple Text Entry on the Same Page

> @Akdashboard said:
> @TomgG
>
> Thank you for this. I still can't find the other other question like this. I hate duplicating threads, but I mainly find feature requests for this.
>
> Anyway, I am sure this would fix my issue so I'll leave here for the next person who understands it.
>
> I've tried tweaking the code with what you provided, but was unable to make it work. Feeling mildly defeated, I decided to just put the 2 text entry questions on seperate pages.

I didn't test it and would normally do it in jQuery. Below is a link to a jQuery script that does it. It has the additional advantage of being all self contained (no need for separate html).
https://gist.github.com/marketinview/aaf237fea91d2f7947fa4f170ac16486

@TomgG - I am trying to understand the code (promise) so that I know what variable to reference if I want to set the word count as embedded data. Am I write in interrpretting that there isn't a var set to the actual word count?

My guess is that I need to set a var, but I am not sure where.

I tried adding the code below, but it either didn't work or broke the function, depending on where I put it.

~~~~~
var OEFB_1 = countWords(textbox.value);
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("Word_Count_1", OEFB_1 );
~~~~~

Suggestions?

> @TomG said:
> Put the following INSIDE the addOnload function:
> ```
> Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnPageSubmit() {
> Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("Word_Count_1", display.text());
> });
> ```

*Edited: Mistyped the first time*

Thank you again!

What am I doing wrong? I keep getting an unexpected token error.

~~~~~~~~~
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function(Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnPageSubmit() {
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("Word_Count_1", display.text());
});)
{
/*Place your JavaScript here to run when the page loads*/
var q = jQuery("#"+this.questionId);

var input = q.find(".InputText");

input.after("<div style='font-size:0.8em;float:right'>Word count: <span class='wordCount'>0</span></div>");

var display = q.find(".wordCount");

countWords(input.get(0));

input.on("input", function() { countWords(this) });

input.blur(function() { this.value = this.value.trim(); });



function countWords(el) {

if(el.value.length > 0) display.text(el.value.match(/\\S+/g).length);

else display.text("0");


}
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnPageSubmit() {
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("Word_Count_1", display.text());
});

~~~~~~~~~

@TomG - gotcha. So I was missing the function() piece it looks like.

As always, thank you. You are a scholar and saint.