jQuery count characters and add class

Question

Is it possible to use jQuery to count how many characters are in, for example, an

, and if the amount is greater than XX characters, apply a class to

Answer 1

If you want to target a specific li item (instead of all li elements in your page) you can give it an ID :

...

Then if you want to execute your code at page load do something like this :

$(document).ready(function() {
    var yourElement = $('#myli');
    var charLength = yourElement.text().length;
    if(charLength > xx){
       yourElement.addClass('yourClass');
    }
});