Expose word count to conditionals

I know this topic has been beaten to death. And, I see that Jotform does have a word count for the Short Text and Long Text elements. Nice.

However, I would like this to be accessible to the conditionals, so we can change prices based on word count. This is for a newspaper that accepts forms like obituaries that charges based on word count.

Any JavaScript that can be embedded into the webpage to expose this variable would be helpful.

Many thanks in advance!

MAJ

Hi MAJ,

Thanks for reaching out to Jotform Support. Unfortunately, native conditionals can’t evaluate word count directly. But if you’re embedding the form on your own site, you can use custom JavaScript to calculate word count and pass it into a hidden field. That hidden field can then be used in your conditional logic.

<script>

document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() {

  const textField = document.querySelector('[name="yourTextFieldName"]');

  const wordCountField = document.querySelector('[name="yourHiddenWordCountField"]');





  textField.addEventListener("input", function() {

    const count = textField.value.trim().split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean).length;

    wordCountField.value = count;

  });

});

</script>

Once the word count is stored in a hidden field, you can use it in your pricing conditions.

Let us know how it turns out.

Awesome! I'll try it out.

Thanks!