title: jQuery character and word count
body: <p>This is a really simple question. Is it possible for jQuery to get an element, and count the number of words AND characters in that element (not a textarea or input) and echo it out on a HTML document? The only code that I could think of that may work is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>document.write("$('.content').text().length;")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm really bad at jQuery, but I'm trying to learn it. If anyone could provide a script, that'd be helpful.</p>