character count is different in paragraph field when compared to word document

Is there a specific reason to add a separate validation to check the length? This is already handled by that field.

In my experience, using any sorts of "office" software as a reference for anything related technical is a bad idea. Did you try to copy that text into a real text editor and let that count the characters?

@stefanHelzle

yes,for used validation as it needs to generate error message if it crosses 65000 and

its the same count in other text editors as well.

yes I know that and we need to get a validation message as per the requirement and I am not asking about validation ,I want regarding the word count difference

same compared in word pad and notepad++

You modify the text before measuring the length. Maybe you revert that to just len(fv!item.body) and check again.

I have used the same logic as well shown below but still its showing different

if(
local!isEdit,
a!paragraphField(
value: fv!item.body,
saveInto: fv!item.body,
characterLimit: 65000,
showCharacterCount: true,

height: "TALL",
validations: if(
len(fv!item.body) >= 65000,
"The communication you are trying to send exceeds the character limit allowed. Please send a modified version of the letter to not exceed [65000]",
null )

The only thing that comes to mind that may explain your issue is that certain characters count as 2 bytes instead of 1. characterCount will take this into account but len does not.

a!localVariables(
  local!value,
  a!textField(
    value: local!value,
    saveInto: local!value,
    characterLimit: 5,
    validations: concat(len(local!value), " characters", "")
  )  
)

not able to get desired output

When the user enters a smiley, this can even be 4 bytes. BTW, there is the function lenb() which counts on a byte level.

used lenb but still getting same character count

Well, then this is an "issue" that has no real solution. I also have my doubts that this becomes an issue in real live when people enter text. And, I am sorry in case this sounds a bit ignorant. Is just like with email where everybody thinks that email is simple, and is surprised into what a dark and deep rabbit hole you fall when looking at the details.

is there no solution for this?

I was just checking some conversations around notepad++. There is also a controversy around which characters to include when counting. To answer your question, I do not see a "solution" to that "issue".

I was just checking some conversations around notepad++. There is also a controversy around which characters to include when counting. To answer your question, I do not see a "solution" to that "issue".