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Asked: 2026-05-16T08:22:47+00:00

Hi I have a html form with the following code <td ><label> <textarea name=comments

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Hi I have a html form with the following code 

     <td ><label>
 <textarea name="comments" id="comments" 
      cols="100" rows="3"
      onkeyup="illegal()" </td>

when the js function ‘illegal’ is called part of the code is 

cm = document.form1.comments.value 
cl = cm.length

But what ever the string length is, the result is an additional 13 characters ?

can anybody help me please ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    One problem you have there is that you haven’t closed your textarea, though I don’t know that it would cause the particular issue you’re seeing.

    I tried the following simple page:

    <html>
<form id="form1" name="form1">
<label>
 <textarea name="comments" id="comments"
      cols="100" rows="3"
      onkeyup="alert(document.form1.comments.value.length)" ></textarea>
</form>
</html>

    It works fine — every time you type, it pops up the number of characters. Correctly. I’ve tried it in Chrome and in Firefox.

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