How to count the number of lines of a string in javascript

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Using a regular expression you can count the number of lines as

 str.split(/\r\n|\r|\n/).length

Alternately you can try split method as below.

var lines = $("#ptest").val().split("\n");  
alert(lines.length);

working solution: http://jsfiddle.net/C8CaX/

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