.txt file

[Talk2Tom11]

I want to open a .txt file and just get the number of lines that it contains.
Not the specific information within the lines. But just a line count. How would i go about that?

 

[mskeel]

Assuming this is in a method called something meaningful like GetNumberOfLines(byval fileName As String)...From the hip:

Dim sr as StreamReader = Nothing

Try
   sr  = New StreamReader(fileName)
   Dim numberOfLines As Integer = 0

   read the line, dont care about the value so dont bother storing it
   While Not sr.ReadLine() Is Nothing
      numberOfLines += 1
   End While

   return numberOfLines
Catch ex As Exception
   something went wrong
Finally
   If not sr Is Nothing Then
      sr.Close()
   End If

   sr = nothing  paranoid
End Try