LineCount

Syntax

LineCount(text$)

Description

Returns an Integer representing the number of lines in text$.

Lines are delimited by carriage return, line feed, or both.

Parameter	Description
text$	String containing the text from which the lines will be extracted.

See Also

Item, ItemCount, Line, Word, WordCount.

Example

Sub Main
'This example reads your autoexec.bat file into a 
'variable and then 'determines how many lines it is 
'comprised of. 
 
    file$ = "c:\autoexec.bat"
    Open file$ For Input As #1
    Do Until Eof(1)
        Line Input #1,lin$
        txt = txt & lin$ & vbCrLf
    Loop
    lines! = LineCount(txt)
    MsgBox "’" & file$ & "’ is " & lines! & _
		" lines long!" & vbCrLf & txt
End Sub