What implications would FileToStr() have regarding memory?

>>Erik:
>> Is a way I can find the number of lines in a text file ?
>>thanks.
>>sherry
>
>If number of lines is determined by the number of carriage returns, you can use:
>
>lcfileString = FILETOSTR("MyFile.txt")
>lnCRs = OCCURS(CHR(13), lcFileString)