jQuery(document).ready(function(){var limit=1500;var init_text="Characters used : 0/"+limit;var message="You can only type in "+limit+" characters ";var textarea="#comment";var display_div="#character_counter_display";jQuery(display_div).text(init_text);jQuery(textarea).keyup(function(){test_char_limit(textarea,limit,display_div,message);});});function test_char_limit(textarea,limit,display_div,message){var value=jQuery(textarea).val();var count=value.length;if(count>limit){jQuery(textarea).val(value.substring(0,limit));var value=jQuery(textarea).val();var count=value.length;alert(message);}else{}
var the_text="Characters used : "+count+"/"+limit;jQuery(display_div).text(the_text);}