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plugins/jquery-validation/additional/strippedminlength.js

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+// TODO check if value starts with <, otherwise don't try stripping anything
+$.validator.addMethod( "strippedminlength", function( value, element, param ) {
+	return $( value ).text().length >= param;
+}, $.validator.format( "Please enter at least {0} characters" ) );