Question

This questions is really simple, and probably you .NET gurus now the answer =)

So here it comes… What is the proper way (.NET language independent to determine the number of lines (non-blank) exists in a text files without having to check until the line is empty (My current approach)?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

var path = @"C:\file.txt";
var lines = File.ReadAllLines(path);
var lineCount = lines.Count(s => s != "");

Or, slightly less readable, all in one go:

var lines = File.ReadAllLines(@"C:\file.txt").Count(s => s != "");