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SVGTextContentElement: getNumberOfChars() method - Web APIs | MDN
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SVGTextContentElement: getNumberOfChars() method
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The getNumberOfChars() method of the SVGTextContentElement interface represents the total number of addressable characters available for rendering within the current element, regardless of whether they will be rendered.
Syntax
js
getNumberOfChars()
Parameters
None.
Return value
A long.
Examples
Counting Characters in a Text Element
html
<svg width="300" height="100">
<text id="exampleText" x="10" y="50">Hello, SVG World!</text>
</svg>
js
const textElement = document.getElementById("exampleText");
// Get the number of characters in the text element
const charCount = textElement.getNumberOfChars();
console.log(charCount); // Output: 17
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # __svg__SVGTextContentElement__getNumberOfChars |
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