Only when it fits the situation. :-)

Dirty? Really? One line of code returns the number of rows in your string. Which was your original question.

Benchmark it and you'll find out which one is faster and whether or not you can live with that slightly soiled sensations... ;-)

--

rk

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Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 11:20 AM

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Subject: RE: Getting count of rows in a text file -- best approach?

On 2017-04-21 10:47, Richard Kaye wrote:

> ALINES()?

Is that your answer for everything today? lol

Nah, that feels no less dirty than my approach. My bet is that would

require as many (if not more) processing cycles, but of course only

testing would show conclusively if at all.

Thanks though!

--Mike

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