Counting words in a text widget

Hi,
Is there a way I can count the number of words in a text box widget? I realise that means counting the number of words in the attached variable - but can I do this?
I have tried playing with Javascript (about which I know nothing)
I put the script below into the script window for a button, but nothing seems to happen!
Test=Q5WidgetAnswer.split(" ").length-1;
document.write(Test);
I want to check for three words in an answer and if there are only two, or four, warn that there are Three answers.
Would be grateful for any help!

After much heartache I solved the issue.
The code needed to be as follows:
var objCP = document.Captivate;
var Answer = objCP.cpEIGetValue('WidgetAnswer');
var Words;
if(Answer == ''){ /* tests for empty answer */
Words=0;
alert("Fred")
else {
Words = Answer.replace(/[^ ]/g,'').length+1; /* counts the number of spaces in answer */
Where objCP can be any name you want, and cpEISetValue and cpEIGetValue are special Captivate functions
/* and */ enclose a comment

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