Count Words and Characters

function wordCount(val) {
  var wom = val.match(/\S+/g);
  return {
    charactersNoSpaces: val.replace(/\s+/g, '').length,
    characters: val.length,
    words: wom ? wom.length : 0,
    lines: val.split(/\r*\n/).length
  };
}


var textarea = document.getElementById('text');
var result = document.getElementById('result');

textarea.addEventListener('input', function() {
  var wc = wordCount(this.value);
  result.innerHTML = (`
   <br>Characters (no spaces):  ${wc.charactersNoSpaces}
   <br>Characters (and spaces): ${wc.characters}
   <br>Words: ${wc.words}
   <br>Lines: ${wc.lines}
  `);
});

<textarea id="text" cols="30" rows="4"></textarea>
<div id="result"></div>