function wordcount(textobj,displayobj) {
	var fullStr=textobj.value + " ";
	var initial_whitespace_rExp = /^[^A-Za-z0-9]+/gi;
	var left_trimmedStr = fullStr.replace(initial_whitespace_rExp, "");
	var non_alphanumerics_rExp = rExp = /[^A-Za-z0-9]+/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;
	}
	if (word_count == 1) {
		wordOrWords = ' word';
	}
	else {
		wordOrWords = ' words';
	}
	displayobj.innerHTML = word_count + wordOrWords;
}

function commentwordcount(textobj,displayobj) {
	var fullStr=textobj.value + " ";
	var initial_whitespace_rExp = /^[^A-Za-z0-9]+/gi;
	var left_trimmedStr = fullStr.replace(initial_whitespace_rExp, "");
	var non_alphanumerics_rExp = rExp = /[^A-Za-z0-9]+/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;
	}
	if (1000 - word_count == 1) {
		wordOrWords = ' word';
	}
	else {
		wordOrWords = ' words';
	}
	if (1000 - word_count < 0){
		alert('You have reached max words!')
	}
	displayobj.innerHTML = (1000 - word_count) + wordOrWords + ' left';
}

function countwords(textobj) {
	var fullStr=textobj.value + " ";
	var initial_whitespace_rExp = /^[^A-Za-z0-9]+/gi;
	var left_trimmedStr = fullStr.replace(initial_whitespace_rExp, "");
	var non_alphanumerics_rExp = rExp = /[^A-Za-z0-9]+/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;
	}
	if (word_count == 1) {
		wordOrWords = ' word';
	}
	else {
		wordOrWords = ' words';
	}
	return word_count;
}