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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
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 8 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
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Thread ID:
01347163
Message ID:
01347228
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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!
>


Thanks for the help !!
Tommy Tillman A+ NetWork+ MCP
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