function getWordCount(obj) {
	var char_count = obj.value.length;
	var fullStr = obj.value + " ";
	var initial_whitespace_rExp = /^[^A-Za-z0-9]+/gi;
	var left_trimmedStr = fullStr.replace(initial_whitespace_rExp, "");
	var non_alphanumerics_rExp = rExp = /\s+/gi;
	var cleanedStr = left_trimmedStr.replace(non_alphanumerics_rExp, " ");
	var splitString = cleanedStr.split(" ");
	var word_count = splitString.length -1;
	if (fullStr.length <2) {
		word_count = 0;
	}
	
	return word_count;
}
/*
function ismaxlength(obj) {
	var word_count = getWordCount(obj);
	
	if(word_count > 30) {
		alert('Only 25 words can be entered!');
		obj.value = obj.value.substring(0,100);
	}
}
*/
function ismaxlength(obj) {
	var char_count = obj.value.length;
	
	if(char_count > 200) {
		alert('Only 200 characters can be entered!');
		obj.value = obj.value.substring(0,200);
	}
}


function displayLimit(bookDescription, bookDescriptionCounter) {
	bookDescriptionText = document.getElementById(bookDescription).value;
	bookDescriptionLength = document.getElementById(bookDescription).value.length;
		//alert(document.getElementById(bookDescriptionCounter).value);
	remainingCharacters = 200 - bookDescriptionLength;
	
	if(remainingCharacters < 0) {
	   	//alert(bookDescriptionText);
		//document.getElementById(bookDescription).disabled = "true";
		
		document.getElementById(bookDescription).value = bookDescriptionText.substr(0, 200);
		remainingCharacters = 200 - bookDescriptionText.length;
		
		alert('Only 200 characters can be entered!');
		
      
	}
	
	message ='<strong>' +remainingCharacters +'</strong>'  +'&nbsp;characters remaining.';
	document.getElementById(bookDescriptionCounter).innerHTML = message;
}