<form method="POST" name="wordcount">
  <script language="JavaScript">

function countit(){

/*Word count script
By JavaScript Kit (http://javascriptkit.com)
Over 400+ free scripts here!
*/

var formcontent=document.wordcount.wordcount2.value
formcontent=formcontent.split(" ")
document.wordcount.wordcount3.value=formcontent.length
}
</script>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
    <tr>
      <td width="100%"><textarea rows="12" name="wordcount2" cols="60" wrap="virtual"></textarea></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="100%"><div align="right"><p><input type="button" value="Calculate Words"
 onclick="countit()" /> <input type="text" name="wordcount3" size="20" /></p>
      <div align="center"><center><p><font face="arial" size="-2">This free script provided by</font>
      <font face="arial, helvetica" size="-2"><a href="http://javascriptkit.com">JavaScript
      Kit</a></font></p>
      </center></div></div></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>