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+<html>
+<!--
+UCAS Personal Statement Word Counter
+Copyright (c) 2014 Adrian Iain Lam
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+A copy of the GNU General Public License can be found at
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
+
+Contact: <ail30@cam.ac.uk>
+-->
+<head>
+ <title>UCAS Personal Statement Line & Character Counter</title>
+ <meta charset="utf-8" />
+ <meta name="description" content="Confused by UCAS's way of counting lines and characters? Click here for a detailed analysis." />
+ <meta name="keywords" content="UCAS,line,word,character,count,counter,number,personal,statement" />
+ <meta name="author" content="Adrian Iain Lam" />
+ <meta property="og:description" content="Confused by UCAS's way of counting lines and characters? Click here for a detailed analysis." />
+ <meta name="twitter:description" content="Confused by UCAS's way of counting lines and characters? Click here for a detailed analysis." />
+ <script>
+ $ = document.getElementById.bind(document);
+ function printStats(lines, numLines, numChars, parasWithExtraSpace, parasLines) {
+ $("results").innerHTML="";
+ for(var i=0; i<numLines; i++) {
+ $("results").innerHTML+=(i<9?"0"+(i+1):(i+1))+" "+lines[i]+"<br />";
+ if(parasLines.indexOf(i+1)>=0 && $("chk2").checked) $("results").innerHTML+="<br />";
+ }
+
+ $("statLines").innerHTML="Lines: "+numLines+"/47";
+ $("statLines").style.color=numLines>47?"red":"initial";
+ $("statChars").innerHTML="Characters: "+numChars+"/4000";
+ $("statChars").style.color=numChars>4000?"red":"initial";
+
+ if(parasWithExtraSpace.length>0) {
+ $("statWarn").innerHTML="Warning: Extra space(s) found at end of paragraph(s) "+parasWithExtraSpace.join(", ");
+ $("statWarn").style.visibility="visible";
+ $("statWarn").style.color="red";
+ } else {
+ $("statWarn").innerHTML="Warning: Extra space(s) found at end of paragraph(s) ";
+ $("statWarn").style.visibility="hidden";
+ }
+ }
+
+ function analyse() {
+ var text=$("txt1").value;
+ var parasWithExtraSpace=[];
+ var parasLines=[];
+ var paras=text.split('\n');
+ var lines=[];
+ var line=""
+ if(text=="") {
+ printStats(lines, 0, 0, parasWithExtraSpace, parasLines);
+ return;
+ }
+ for(var i=0; i<paras.length; i++) {
+ if(paras[i][paras[i].length-1]==' ') parasWithExtraSpace.push(i+1);
+ do {
+ if(paras[i][0]==' ') paras[i]=paras[i].substring(1); //remove preceding space
+ line=paras[i].substring(0, paras[i].length>94?94:paras[i].length); //extract line of 94 chars or fewer
+ var lastidx=line.lastIndexOf(' ');
+ if(lastidx>=0) { //if there is a space in line
+ if(line.length<94) lastidx=line.length; //if it can contain whole line
+ } else lastidx=line.length;
+ if(paras[i][94]==' ') lastidx=94; //if extracted right before a space
+ paras[i] = line.substring(lastidx+1)+paras[i].substring(94); //remove extracted string (up to lastidx) from paras
+ line=line.substring(0, lastidx);
+ lines.push(line);
+ } while(paras[i]!="");
+ parasLines.push(lines.length); //lines where paragraphs end
+ }
+ printStats(lines, lines.length, text.length+paras.length-1, parasWithExtraSpace, parasLines);
+ }
+
+ function autocheck() {
+ if($("chk1").checked) {
+ $("txt1").addEventListener("input", analyse);
+ $("btn1").style.visibility='hidden';
+ analyse();
+ } else {
+ $("txt1").removeEventListener("input", analyse);
+ $("btn1").style.visibility='visible';
+ }
+ }
+ </script>
+
+ <style>
+ #txt1 {
+ font-family: "Liberation Serif", "Times New Roman", serif;
+ width: 100%;
+ padding-left: 1em;
+ padding-right: 1em;
+ height: 15em;
+ box-sizing: border-box;
+ }
+ .topPadding {
+ padding-top: 12pt;
+ }
+ #resultsContainer {
+ font-family: monospace;
+ float: right;
+ min-width: 100ch;
+ border-left-style: solid;
+ border-left-width: 1px;
+ border-left-color: black;
+ box-sizing: border-box;
+ white-space: nowrap;
+ }
+ #statContainer {
+ overflow: auto;
+ padding-right: 8pt;
+ }
+ .note {
+ font-size: 8pt;
+ }
+ .hidden {
+ visibility: hidden;
+ }
+ </style>
+ <!-- Google Analytics -->
+ <script>
+ (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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+ })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
+ ga('create', 'UA-54745078-1', 'auto');
+ ga('send', 'pageview');
+ </script>
+ <!-- / Google Analytics -->
+ <!-- Project Wonderful Ad Box Loader -->
+ <script type="text/javascript">
+ (function(){function pw_load(){
+ if(arguments.callee.z)return;else arguments.callee.z=true;
+ var d=document;var s=d.createElement('script');
+ var x=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
+ s.type='text/javascript';s.async=true;
+ s.src='//www.projectwonderful.com/pwa.js';
+ x.parentNode.insertBefore(s,x);}
+ if (window.attachEvent){
+ window.attachEvent('DOMContentLoaded',pw_load);
+ window.attachEvent('onload',pw_load);}
+ else{
+ window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',pw_load,false);
+ window.addEventListener('load',pw_load,false);}})();
+ </script>
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+</head>
+<body onload="autocheck()">
+ <h3>UCAS Personal Statement Line & Character Counter</h3>
+ <div id="txtContainer">
+ Paste your personal statement here!<br />
+ <textarea id="txt1"></textarea>
+ </div>
+
+ <div id="outputContainer" class="topPadding">
+ <div id="resultsContainer">
+ <div id="results"></div>
+ <!-- Empty div will not have space reserved -->
+ <div id="workaround" class="hidden">.</div>
+ </div>
+
+ <div id="statContainer">
+ <input id="chk1" type="checkbox" onclick="autocheck()" checked>Automatic analysis <span class="note">(Not recommended for slow computers)</span>
+ <button id="btn1" class="hidden" onclick="analyse()">Analyse</button><br />
+ <input id="chk2" type="checkbox" onclick="analyse()" checked>Separate paragraphs<br /><span class="note">(For readability purpose only. Will NOT be present in the UCAS submission)</span>
+ <div id="stats" class="topPadding">
+ <div id="statLines">Lines: 0/47</div>
+ <div id="statChars">Characters: 0/4000</div>
+ <div id="statWarn" class="hidden">Warning: Extra space(s) found at end of paragraph(s)</div>
+ </div>
+ <p>Found a bug? Please report to <00alam@brightoncollege.net>.</p>
+ <p class="note">Copyright (c) 2014 Adrian Iain Lam<br />This program is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under the terms of the GNU GPL. This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. View the source for details.</p>
+ <p class="note">This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, approved by, or related to UCAS.</p>
+ <p class="note">Unlike <a href="http://maccery.com/ps/" target="_blank">the counter by Maccery</a>, no personal statements are sent to the hosting server. All codes are executed on the client-side.</p>
+ <p>Advertisements:</p>
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+ </div>
+ </div>
+</body>
+</html>
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