Java String Line Count countLines(String o)

Description

This method counts how many lines an input string would take if it were outputed onto the screen or into a file.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
o	String to count line for

Return

an int with the number of output lines the string would take

Declaration

public static int countLines(String o) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from w w  w.j a  v a 2s.c  o  m*/
 * <PRE>
 * Name   : com.solidmatrix.regxmaker.util.shared.ConsoleUtils
 * Project: RegXmaker Library
 * Version: 1.1
 * Tier   : N/A (Function Class)
 * Author : Gennadiy Shafranovich
 * Purpose: General utilities for console based applications
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2001, 2004 SolidMatrix Technologies, Inc.
 * This file is part of RegXmaker Library.
 *
 * RegXmaker Library is is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * RegXmaker library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
 * Comments: Full, with javadoc.
 *
 * Modification History
 *
 * 01-28-2001  GS Created
 * 07-02-2001  GS Added a more general readFull() method to read 
 *                entire contents of a stream. readFullFile now
 *                used this method to read from an underlying
 *                FileInputStream.
 *
 * 07-05-2004 YS Added licensing information
 * </PRE>
 */

public class Main {
    private static String line = System.getProperty("line.separator");

    /**
     * This method counts how many lines an input string would take if
      * it were outputed onto the screen or into a file. Count depends on 
      * the number of line separators in the string.
     *
     * @param   o  String to count line for
     * @return     an int with the number of output lines the string would take
     */
    public static int countLines(String o) {
        int lines = 0;
        int start = o.indexOf(line);
        while (start >= 0) {
            lines++;
            start = o.indexOf(line, start);
        } //while

        return lines;
    }
}

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7. countLines(String s)
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