From 90bc3414b10fab4bb274e230ffecc1a9e3c11d81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ash Glover <ash@onepartscissors.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 12:20:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] edits based on solution by russelcole at
 https://github.com/bfintal/Counter-Up/issues/28#issue-132097963

---
 jquery.counterup.js | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/jquery.counterup.js b/jquery.counterup.js
index bc7871f..3d6223b 100644
--- a/jquery.counterup.js
+++ b/jquery.counterup.js
@@ -22,11 +22,18 @@
         // Store the object
         var $this = $(this);
         var $settings = settings;
+        var $originalText = $this.text();
+        // added this line based on solution by russelcole
+        // https://github.com/bfintal/Counter-Up/issues/28#issue-132097963
 
         var counterUpper = function() {
             var nums = [];
             var divisions = $settings.time / $settings.delay;
             var num = $this.text();
+            var num = $originalText;
+            // added this line based on solution by russelcole
+            // https://github.com/bfintal/Counter-Up/issues/28#issue-132097963
+
             var isComma = /[0-9]+,[0-9]+/.test(num);
             num = num.replace(/,/g, '');
             var isInt = /^[0-9]+$/.test(num);
@@ -80,4 +87,4 @@
 
   };
 
-})( jQuery );
\ No newline at end of file
+})( jQuery );