Luc,

SET VAR vAsciiFileName TEXT = 'MyFile.txt'
SET VAR vNumberOfLines INTEGER = NULL
DROP TABLE LinesOfText

CREATE TEMP TABLE LinesOfText (LineOfText TEXT (200) )

LOAD LinesOfText FROM .vAsciiFileName AS FORMATTED USING  LineOfText 1 200

SELECT COUNT (*) INTO vNumberOfLines FROM LinesOfText

Bill


On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Luc Delcoigne <[email protected]>wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> Is there a simple way/command in R:base to count the lines in a ascii file
> ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Luc delcoigne
>
>

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