This is all code for our Word counter project. We use only html code for this word counter basic structure. You can see output without css and JavaScript. Then we write css to style our word counter project and then give complete functionality using JavaScript.

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Javascript Code For Word Count  

/*
**
** User stories:
** - Shows number of characters, words, sentences, paragraphs - Done
** - Show reading time - Done
** - Show keyword count - Done
** - Show reading level (Optional - how?) - Done
** - Above data should change/appear on every keypress - Done
**
*/
// Readability (Mashape) API Key for testing: PQ4FOFuaR6mshI6qpnQKQvkDZQXjp1o6Zcqjsnug7GvNggTzUE
"use strict";
var input = document.querySelectorAll('textarea')[0],
characterCount = document.querySelector('#characterCount'),
wordCount = document.querySelector('#wordCount'),
sentenceCount = document.querySelector('#sentenceCount'),
paragraphCount = document.querySelector('#paragraphCount'),
readingTime = document.querySelector('#readingTime'),
readability = document.querySelector('#readability'),
keywordsDiv = document.querySelectorAll('.keywords')[0],
topKeywords = document.querySelector('#topKeywords');
// updating the displayed stats after every keypress
input.addEventListener('keyup', function() {
//keeping the console clean to make only the latest data visible
console.clear();
// character count
// just displaying the input length as everything is a character
characterCount.innerHTML = input.value.length;
// word count using w metacharacter - replacing this with .* to match anything between word boundaries since it was not taking 'a' as a word.
// this is a masterstroke - to count words with any number of hyphens as one word
// [-?(w+)?]+ looks for hyphen and a word (we make both optional with ?). + at the end makes it a repeated pattern
// b is word boundary metacharacter
var words = input.value.match(/b[-?(w+)?]+b/gi);
// console.log(words);
if (words) {
wordCount.innerHTML = words.length;
} else {
wordCount.innerHTML = 0;
}
// sentence count using ./!/? as sentense separators
if (words) {
var sentences = input.value.split(/[.|!|?]+/g);
console.log(sentences);
sentenceCount.innerHTML = sentences.length - 1;
} else {
sentenceCount.innerHTML = 0;
}
// paragraph count from http://stackoverflow.com/a/3336537
if (words) {
// n$ takes care of empty lines: lines with no characters, and only n are not paragraphs
// and need to be replaced with empty string
var paragraphs = input.value.replace(/n$/gm, '').split(/n/);
paragraphCount.innerHTML = paragraphs.length;
} else {
paragraphCount.innerHTML = 0;
}
// console.log(paragraphs);
// reading time based on 275 words/minute
if (words) {
var seconds = Math.floor(words.length * 60 / 275);
// need to convert seconds to minutes and hours
if (seconds > 59) {
var minutes = Math.floor(seconds / 60);
seconds = seconds - minutes * 60;
readingTime.innerHTML = minutes + "m " + seconds + "s";
} else {
readingTime.innerHTML = seconds + "s";
}
} else {
readingTime.innerHTML = "0s";
}
// finding out top keywords and their count
// step-1: remove all the stop words
// step-2: form an object with keywords and their count
// step-3: sort the object by first converting it to a 2D array
// step-4: display top 4 keywords and their count
if (words) {
// step-1: removing all the stop words
var nonStopWords = [];
var stopWords = ["a", "able", "about", "above", "abst", "accordance", "according", "accordingly", "across", "act", "actually", "added", "adj", "affected", "affecting", "affects", "after", "afterwards", "again", "against", "ah", "all", "almost", "alone", "along", "already", "also", "although", "always", "am", "among", "amongst", "an", "and", "announce", "another", "any", "anybody", "anyhow", "anymore", "anyone", "anything", "anyway", "anyways", "anywhere", "apparently", "approximately", "are", "aren", "arent", "arise", "around", "as", "aside", "ask", "asking", "at", "auth", "available", "away", "awfully", "b", "back", "be", "became", "because", "become", "becomes", "becoming", "been", "before", "beforehand", "begin", "beginning", "beginnings", "begins", "behind", "being", "believe", "below", "beside", "besides", "between", "beyond", "biol", "both", "brief", "briefly", "but", "by", "c", "ca", "came", "can", "cannot", "can't", "cause", "causes", "certain", "certainly", "co", "com", "come", "comes", "contain", "containing", "contains", "could", "couldnt", "d", "date", "did", "didn't", "different", "do", "does", "doesn't", "doing", "done", "don't", "down", "downwards", "due", "during", "e", "each", "ed", "edu", "effect", "eg", "eight", "eighty", "either", "else", "elsewhere", "end", "ending", "enough", "especially", "et", "et-al", "etc", "even", "ever", "every", "everybody", "everyone", "everything", "everywhere", "ex", "except", "f", "far", "few", "ff", "fifth", "first", "five", "fix", "followed", "following", "follows", "for", "former", "formerly", "forth", "found", "four", "from", "further", "furthermore", "g", "gave", "get", "gets", "getting", "give", "given", "gives", "giving", "go", "goes", "gone", "got", "gotten", "h", "had", "happens", "hardly", "has", "hasn't", "have", "haven't", "having", "he", "hed", "hence", "her", "here", "hereafter", "hereby", "herein", "heres", "hereupon", "hers", "herself", "hes", "hi", "hid", "him", "himself", "his", "hither", "home", "how", "howbeit", "however", "hundred", "i", "id", "ie", "if", "i'll", "im", "immediate", "immediately", "importance", "important", "in", "inc", "indeed", "index", "information", "instead", "into", "invention", "inward", "is", "isn't", "it", "itd", "it'll", "its", "itself", "i've", "j", "just", "k", "keep", "keeps", "kept", "kg", "km", "know", "known", "knows", "l", "largely", "last", "lately", "later", "latter", "latterly", "least", "less", "lest", "let", "lets", "like", "liked", "likely", "line", "little", "'ll", "look", "looking", "looks", "ltd", "m", "made", "mainly", "make", "makes", "many", "may", "maybe", "me", "mean", "means", "meantime", "meanwhile", "merely", "mg", "might", "million", "miss", "ml", "more", "moreover", "most", "mostly", "mr", "mrs", "much", "mug", "must", "my", "myself", "n", "na", "name", "namely", "nay", "nd", "near", "nearly", "necessarily", "necessary", "need", "needs", "neither", "never", "nevertheless", "new", "next", "nine", "ninety", "no", "nobody", "non", "none", "nonetheless", "noone", "nor", "normally", "nos", "not", "noted", "nothing", "now", "nowhere", "o", "obtain", "obtained", "obviously", "of", "off", "often", "oh", "ok", "okay", "old", "omitted", "on", "once", "one", "ones", "only", "onto", "or", "ord", "other", "others", "otherwise", "ought", "our", "ours", "ourselves", "out", "outside", "over", "overall", "owing", "own", "p", "page", "pages", "part", "particular", "particularly", "past", "per", "perhaps", "placed", "please", "plus", "poorly", "possible", "possibly", "potentially", "pp", "predominantly", "present", "previously", "primarily", "probably", "promptly", "proud", "provides", "put", "q", "que", "quickly", "quite", "qv", "r", "ran", "rather", "rd", "re", "readily", "really", "recent", "recently", "ref", "refs", "regarding", "regardless", "regards", "related", "relatively", "research", "respectively", "resulted", "resulting", "results", "right", "run", "s", "said", "same", "saw", "say", "saying", "says", "sec", "section", "see", "seeing", "seem", "seemed", "seeming", "seems", "seen", "self", "selves", "sent", "seven", "several", "shall", "she", "shed", "she'll", "shes", "should", "shouldn't", "show", "showed", "shown", "showns", "shows", "significant", "significantly", "similar", "similarly", "since", "six", "slightly", "so", "some", "somebody", "somehow", "someone", "somethan", "something", "sometime", "sometimes", "somewhat", "somewhere", "soon", "sorry", "specifically", "specified", "specify", "specifying", "still", "stop", "strongly", "sub", "substantially", "successfully", "such", "sufficiently", "suggest", "sup", "sure", "t", "take", "taken", "taking", "tell", "tends", "th", "than", "thank", "thanks", "thanx", "that", "that'll", "thats", "that've", "the", "their", "theirs", "them", "themselves", "then", "thence", "there", "thereafter", "thereby", "thered", "therefore", "therein", "there'll", "thereof", "therere", "theres", "thereto", "thereupon", "there've", "these", "they", "theyd", "they'll", "theyre", "they've", "think", "this", "those", "thou", "though", "thoughh", "thousand", "throug", "through", "throughout", "thru", "thus", "til", "tip", "to", "together", "too", "took", "toward", "towards", "tried", "tries", "truly", "try", "trying", "ts", "twice", "two", "u", "un", "under", "unfortunately", "unless", "unlike", "unlikely", "until", "unto", "up", "upon", "ups", "us", "use", "used", "useful", "usefully", "usefulness", "uses", "using", "usually", "v", "value", "various", "'ve", "very", "via", "viz", "vol", "vols", "vs", "w", "want", "wants", "was", "wasn't", "way", "we", "wed", "welcome", "we'll", "went", "were", "weren't", "we've", "what", "whatever", "what'll", "whats", "when", "whence", "whenever", "where", "whereafter", "whereas", "whereby", "wherein", "wheres", "whereupon", "wherever", "whether", "which", "while", "whim", "whither", "who", "whod", "whoever", "whole", "who'll", "whom", "whomever", "whos", "whose", "why", "widely", "willing", "wish", "with", "within", "without", "won't", "words", "world", "would", "wouldn't", "www", "x", "y", "yes", "yet", "you", "youd", "you'll", "your", "youre", "yours", "yourself", "yourselves", "you've", "z", "zero"];
for (var i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
// filtering out stop words and numbers
if (stopWords.indexOf(words[i].toLowerCase()) === -1 && isNaN(words[i])) {
nonStopWords.push(words[i].toLowerCase());
}
}
// console.log(nonStopWords);
// step-2: forming an object with keywords and their count
var keywords = {};
for (var i = 0; i < nonStopWords.length; i++) {
// checking if the word(property) already exists
// if it does increment the count otherwise set it to one
if (nonStopWords[i] in keywords) {
keywords[nonStopWords[i]] += 1;
} else {
keywords[nonStopWords[i]] = 1;
}
}
// step-3: sorting the object by first converting it to a 2D array
var sortedKeywords = [];
for (var keyword in keywords) {
sortedKeywords.push([keyword, keywords[keyword]])
}
sortedKeywords.sort(function(a, b) {
return b[1] - a[1]
});
// console.log(sortedKeywords);
// step-4: displaying top 4 keywords and their count
topKeywords.innerHTML = "";
for (var i = 0; i < sortedKeywords.length && i < 4; i++) {
var li = document.createElement('li');
li.innerHTML = "<b>" + sortedKeywords[i][0] + "</b>: " + sortedKeywords[i][1];
topKeywords.appendChild(li);
}
}
// displaying top keywords only if there is a word in the text area
if (words) {
keywordsDiv.style.display = "block";
} else {
keywordsDiv.style.display = "none";
}
});
// readability level using readability-metrics API from Mashape
readability.addEventListener('click', function() {
// placeholder until the API returns the score
readability.innerHTML = "Fetching score...";
var requestUrl = "https://ipeirotis-readability-metrics.p.mashape.com/getReadabilityMetrics?text=";
var data = input.value;
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('POST', encodeURI(requestUrl + data), true);
request.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8');
request.setRequestHeader("X-Mashape-Authorization", "PQ4FOFuaR6mshI6qpnQKQvkDZQXjp1o6Zcqjsnug7GvNggTzUE");
request.send();
request.onload = function() {
if (this.status >= 200 && this.status < 400) {
// Success!
readability.innerHTML = readingEase(JSON.parse(this.response).FLESCH_READING);
} else {
// We reached our target server, but it returned an error
readability.innerHTML = "Not available.";
}
};
request.onerror = function() {
// There was a connection error of some sort
readability.innerHTML = "Not available.";
};
});
// function to convert FLESCH READING SCORE into meaningful string.
function readingEase(num) {
switch (true) {
case (num <= 30):
return "Readability: College graduate.";
break;
case (num > 30 && num <= 50):
return "Readability: College level.";
break;
case (num > 50 && num <= 60):
return "Readability: 10th - 12th grade.";
break;
case (num > 60 && num <= 70):
return "Readability: 8th - 9th grade.";
break;
case (num > 70 && num <= 80):
return "Readability: 7th grade.";
break;
case (num > 80 && num <= 90):
return "Readability: 6th grade.";
break;
case (num > 90 && num <= 100):
return "Readability: 5th grade.";
break;
default:
return "Not available.";
break;
}
}

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