This is a revised version of the clipboard document statistics script that I used some time ago. It now counts the paragraphs and includes a 1-button dialog box.
(* Count the number of characters, words and paragraphs in the clipboard David R. - www.sixhat.net To use place this script in your User Scripts folder in ~/Library/Scripts *) set nChars to count (the clipboard) set nWords to count words of (the clipboard) set nParag to count paragraphs of (the clipboard) display dialog "Characters: " & nChars & " Words: " & nWords & " Paragraphs: " & nParag buttons {"OK"} default button 1 |
Installing the script
To use the script just use the AppleScript Editor that ships with MacOS (search in side the utilities folder) and save this as a script in your Scripts folder in ~/Library/Scripts.