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### LimitedTextarea
Renders a textarea component with a character limit.
Use the `value` and `limit` props to pass in the initial `content` and the `limit` values for the LimitedTextArea component.
Create a method, `handleChange`, which trims the `event.target.value` data if necessary and updates `content` with the new entered content.
In the`render()` method, use a`<div>` to wrap both the`<textarea>` and the `<p>` element that displays the character count and bind the `onChange` event of the `<textarea>` to the `handleChange` method.
```jsx
function LimitedTextArea(props) {
const { rows, cols, value, limit } = props;
const setFormattedContent = text => {
text.length > limit ? setContent(text.slice(0, limit)) : setContent(text);
};
const [content, setContent] = useState(value);
// Run once to test if the initial value is greater than the limit
useEffect(() => {
setFormattedContent(content);
}, []);
const handleChange = event => {
setFormattedContent(event.target.value);
};
return (
<div>
<textarea
rows={rows}
cols={cols}
onChange={handleChange}
value={content}
/>
<p>
{content.length}/{limit}
</p>
</div>
);
}
```
```jsx
ReactDOM.render(
<LimitedTextarea limit={32} value='Hello!' />,
document.getElementById('root')
);
```
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