I have a jsfiddle here - /

I simple need a way to count the number of characters in an input field excluding spaces.

I need to validate a phone number field to have at least 10 numbers.

I can use the length property but that counts spaces which I don't want to do

$(function() {
  $('button').on('click', function() {
    console.log($('.field').val().length);
  })
});

.wrap {
  margin: 10px;
}

<script src=".1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="wrap">
  <input class="field" type="text" />
  <button>Click</button>
</div>

I have a jsfiddle here - https://jsfiddle/3e91ropp/

I simple need a way to count the number of characters in an input field excluding spaces.

I need to validate a phone number field to have at least 10 numbers.

I can use the length property but that counts spaces which I don't want to do

$(function() {
  $('button').on('click', function() {
    console.log($('.field').val().length);
  })
});

.wrap {
  margin: 10px;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis./ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="wrap">
  <input class="field" type="text" />
  <button>Click</button>
</div>

• javascript
• jquery
• input

1 Answer 1

You could remove the spaces using the .replace() method:

Updated Example

$('.field').val().replace(/\s+/g, '').length