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How would I go about finding how many lines are in a certain text file?

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If Text file looked like this:
__________
Example
File
__________
Then I would want it to return 2.

Posted 14-Dec-09 17:03pm

danielblarg

Updated 14-Dec-09 17:25pm

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*dan!sh* · Answer 1 · 2009-12-14T17:44:00

Solution 1

You can us File.ReadAllLines("file path").Length. This will give you the number of lines in the file.

Posted 14-Dec-09 17:44pm

dan!sh

Abhinav S · Answer 2 · 2009-12-14T18:06:00

Solution 2

Load the file into a string and split as follows -
string[] array = file.Split(new char[]{'\n'} );

The count of array would give you the number of strings.

Posted 14-Dec-09 18:06pm

Abhinav S