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Count # of lines in a Textfile FAST !
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12/09/2008 14:18:31
Erick Miranda
Formata Data Business - Grupo Linx
Contagem, Brazil
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Title:
Re: Count # of lines in a Textfile FAST !
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 8 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01347163
Message ID:
01347173
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26
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Hi Tommy,

Maybe ALines() function cans help you. See VFP help.


>Hey Gang...
>
>Any quick way to Count the number of Lines in a Text File?
>
>I have some data coming in a delimited textfile. Each line represents a normal record.
>
>What I did was to open the file, and loop through each line of data and keep track of how many times this was done until I reach the end of the file.... like this...javascript:document.Form1.submit()
>
>*Count the number of records in the file...
>     lnNumOfRecords = 0
>     DO WHILE !FEOF(lnHandle)
>          lcText = ALLTRIM(FGETS(lnHandle))
>          lnNumOfRecords = lnNumOfRecords + 1
>     ENDDO
>     filetop  = FSEEK(lnHandle, 0)				&& Move pointer to BOF
>
>
>Kinda slow with a LARGE file....
>
>I needed to know how many lines, because with this known, I can then use this info in a Thermometer when I REALLY process the text file.
>
>Thanks!
Erick
Força Sempre!
Strength Always!
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