textarea实现maxlength属性

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function textlen(x,y){
  var thelength = x.value.length;
  window.status=thelength+' of '+y+' maximum characters.';
}

function maxtext(x,y){
  tempstr = x.value
  if(tempstr.length>y){
    x.value = tempstr.substring(0,y);
  }
  textlen(x,y);
}
</script>

<form name="myform">
     <textarea name="mytextarea" 
                           cols="45" 
                           rows="3" 
                           wrap="virtual" 
                           οnkeypress="return(this.value.length<20)"
                           οnkeydοwn="textlen(this,20)" 
                           οnkeyup="textlen(this,20)" 
                           οnblur="maxtext(this,20)"
     ></textarea>
</form>