Here you can find the source of countLines(String input)
public static int countLines(String input)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2015 IBM Corp.//from www. ja v a 2s. c om * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. *******************************************************************************/ public class Main { public static int countLines(String input) { int lines = 0; // If the last character isn't \n, add one, as that will make // the count match what you would normally expect if (input.charAt(input.length() - 1) != '\n') { lines = 1; } while (true) { int nlIndex = input.indexOf('\n'); if (nlIndex == -1) { break; } lines++; input = input.substring(nlIndex + 1); } return lines; } }