JavaScript Textarea characters left

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript">
<script type="text/javascript">
var maxL = 450;//max characters number allowed
function len(f,t){
var ml = f.elements['le'];
var v = new String();
var s = t.value.split('');
for(i=0;i<maxL;i++){v+=s[i]}
if(s.length>=maxL){t.value=v;ml.value=0;}
else{ml.value=maxL-s.length};
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<textarea cols="50" rows="10" onkeyup="len(this.form,this)" cha style="overflow:hidden"></textarea>
<br>
<input name="le" type="text" size="4" readonly="true">
... characters left
</form>
<br><form>
<textarea cols="50" rows="10" onkeyup="len(this.form,this)" cha style="overflow:hidden"></textarea>
<br>
<input name="le" type="text" size="4" readonly="true">
... characters left
</form>
<br>
<form>
<textarea cols="50" rows="10" onkeyup="len(this.form,this)" cha style="overflow:hidden"></textarea>
<br>
<input name="le" type="text" size="4" readonly="true">
... characters left
</form>

</body>
</html>

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